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单词 unhappy
释义 un·happy
\“+\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from unhap misfortune, trouble (from un- (I) + hap) + -y
1. archaic : obstreperous, troublesome
 < these unhappy Highland clans are again breaking into general commotion — Sir Walter Scott >
2.
 a. : being out of luck : miserable, unfortunate
  < unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes — American Guide Series: Arkansas >
 b. : causing or subject to disaster : inauspicious, ill-starred
  < a particularly unhappy moment for a scandal to blow up — Green Peyton >
  < in a few unhappy regions the people swim to work in … record precipitation — T.H.Fielding >
 c. : full of misery : wretched
  < people may play with impunity at any game in this unhappy world except … Life, Love, and Death — Lafcadio Hearn >
3. : lacking in skill or felicity : awkward, inept
 < unhappy references to “unsystematic systems” — S.E.Martin >
 < two fine singers a little unhappy in the French language — Edward Sackville-West & Desmond Shawe-Taylor >
4.
 a. : dejected in spirit : melancholy, sad
  < was unhappy when alone, always craved a public — M.R.Cohen >
 b. : mentally disquieted : disturbed, dissatisfied
  < unhappy … with the outcome of our China policy — W.W.Kaufmann >
  < if you're unhappy without statistics — Richard Joseph >
 c. : causing dejection or discontent : discouraging
  < the unhappy history of eleven months of truce talks shows that every difficulty solved begets a difficulty to be solved — Time >
5.
 a. : of an unpleasant nature : disagreeable, distressing
  < nagging has been defined as the constant reiteration of the unhappy truth — English Digest >
  < the whole unhappy problem of school integration — Newsweek >
 b. : of a depressing character : cheerless, dreary
  < an unhappy view of twisted antennae and grimy rooftops >
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