| 单词 | unfortunate |
| 释义 | unfortunate (once / 99 pages) adjn Something unfortunate is something that you wished had not happened — like that unfortunate incident that got you suspended from school. Let's not bring that up. Unfortunate can also describe unlucky circumstances. A natural disaster like an earthquake or a tornado will always have unfortunate consequences. You can even use unfortunate as a noun to identify someone or something not favored by fortune — like the unfortunates whose lives were shattered by the earthquake. WORD FAMILYunfortunate: unfortunately, unfortunates+/fortunate: fortunately, fortunatest, misfortunate, unfortunate/fortune: fortunate, fortunes, misfortune/misfortunate: misfortunately/misfortune: misfortunes USAGE EXAMPLES“We thought this would be a way to get past the unfortunate bigotry,” Shalaby said. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) The majority of the issues that shuffled off their mortal coil were some combination of uninspired, unloved, unlucky and unfortunate, and deserved their fate. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) That’s the unfortunate fate suffered by Daughter’s sophomore effort, “Not To Disappear,” whose chilly songs sound as desolate as a frozen tundra. Salon(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune an unfortunate turn of events an unfortunate decision unfortunate investments an unfortunate night for all concerned Syn|Ant abject most unfortunate or miserable black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin dispossessed, homeless, rooflessphysically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretcheddeserving or inciting pity doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unluckymarked by or promising bad fortune downtroddenabused or oppressed by people in power infelicitous, unhappymarked by or producing unhappiness regrettable, too baddeserving regret luckless, unluckyhaving or bringing misfortune underprivilegedlacking the rights and advantages of other members of society unsuccessfulnot successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome fortunate having unexpected good fortune better offin a more fortunate or prosperous condition felicitous, happymarked by good fortune fortuitousoccurring by happy chance good, wellresulting favorably heaven-sent, miraculous, providentialpeculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention luckyoccurring by chance well-offfortunately situated luckyhaving or bringing good fortune privilegedblessed with privileges successfulhaving succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome 2adj not auspicious; boding ill Syn|Ant inauspicious unpromising unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment auspicious auguring favorable circumstances and good luck bright, hopeful, promisingfull or promise fortunate, rosypresaging good fortune propitiouspresenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success 3adj unsuitable or regrettable an unfortunate choice of words an unfortunate speech Syn infelicitous not appropriate in application; defective 4n a person who suffers misfortune Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper unfortunate person Lazarus the diseased beggar in Jesus' parable of the rich man and the beggar Saint Thomas a Becket(Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170) Saint GeorgeChristian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303) Jeanne d'ArcFrench heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII crowned king; she was later tried for heresy and burned at the stake (1412-1431) Saint LawrenceRoman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258) William TindaleEnglish translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536) St. VitusChristian martyr and patron of those who suffer from epilepsy and Sydenham's chorea (died around 300) abandoned person someone for whom hope has been abandoned amputeesomeone who has had a limb removed by amputation chokeran unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation desperatea person who is frightened and in need of help homeless, homeless personsomeone unfortunate without housing Jobany long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing jinx, jonaha person believed to bring bad luck to those around him languishera person who languishes failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful persona person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently maroona person who is stranded (as on an island) griever, lamenter, mourner, sorrowera person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died) nympholepta person seized by nympholepsy Ishmael, castaway, outcast, pariaha person who is rejected (from society or home) have-not, poor persona person with few or no possessions captive, prisonera person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war schlimazel, shlimazel(Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything diseased person, sick person, sufferera person suffering from an illness subsister, survivorone who lives through affliction victiman unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance crier, weepera person who weeps poor white trash, white trash(slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished anorectic, anorexica person suffering from anorexia nervosa bag ladya homeless woman who carries all her possessions with her in shopping bags bulimica person suffering from bulimia bankrupt, insolventsomeone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts bawlera loud weeper blubberersomeone who sniffles and weeps with loud sobs castaway, shipwreck survivora shipwrecked person casualty, injured partysomeone injured or killed in an accident casualtysomeone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement consumptive, lunger, tuberculara person with pulmonary tuberculosis convalescenta person who is recovering from illness con, convict, inmate, yard bird, yardbirda person serving a sentence in a jail or prison depressivesomeone suffering psychological depression detainee, political detaineesome held in custody diabeticsomeone who has diabetes down-and-outa person who is destitute dyspeptica person suffering from indigestion epileptica person who has epilepsy flash in the pansomeone who enjoys transient success but then fails dud, flop, washoutsomeone who is unsuccessful goner, toasta person in desperate straits; someone doomed bleeder, haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophile, hemophiliacsomeone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding heretic, misbeliever, religious outcasta person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church hostage, suretya prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms hunted persona person who is hunted incurablea person whose disease is incurable insomniac, sleepless personsomeone who cannot sleep interneea person who is interned invalid, shut-insomeone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury lepera pariah who is avoided by others lazar, lepera person afflicted with leprosy underdogone at a disadvantage and expected to lose lunatic, madman, maniacan insane person manic-depressivea person afflicted with manic-depressive illness martyr, suffererone who suffers for the sake of principle martyrone who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion monomaniaca person suffering from monomania muggeea victim of a mugging murdereea victim who is murdered narcoleptica person who has narcolepsy neurasthenica person suffering a nervous breakdown mental case, neurotic, psychoneurotica person suffering from neurosis bearer, pallbearerone of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral patienta person who requires medical care paupera person who is very poor political prisonersomeone who is imprisoned because of their political views poor devil, wretchsomeone you feel sorry for fair game, prey, quarry, targeta person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence POW, prisoner of wara person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war psycho, psychotic, psychotic persona person afflicted with psychosis punching baga person on whom another person vents their anger rheumatica person suffering with rheumatism scapegoat, whipping boysomeone who is punished for the errors of others syphilitica person suffering from syphilis Harijan, untouchablebelongs to lowest social and ritual class in India drifter, floater, vagabond, vagranta wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support valetudinarianweak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health spewer, vomitera person who vomits wailera mourner who utters long loud high-pitched cries weepera hired mourner individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being |
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