hard luck

英 [hɑːd lʌk]

美 [hɑːrd lʌk]

conv. (表示同情)真不幸，真不走运
n. (非自身过错造成的)坏运气，噩运; (自身过错造成的)不幸，不走运

柯林斯词典

N-UNCOUNT （非自身造成的）坏运气，噩运
If you say that someone had somehard luck, or that a situation washard luck onthem, you mean that something bad happened to them and you are implying that it was not their fault.
1. We had a bit of hard luck this season...
  我们本季运气不太好。
2. It was jolly hard luck on him, wasn't it?
  他可真倒霉，不是吗？
N-UNCOUNT （自身造成的）不幸;不走运
If someone says that a bad situation affecting you is just yourhard luck, they do not care about it or think you should be helped, often because they think it is your fault.
1. The shop assistants didn't really want to discuss the matter, saying it was just my hard luck.
  店员根本不想谈论此事，说这完全是我运气太差。
CONVENTION （表示同情）真不幸，真不走运
You can say 'hard luck' to someone to show that you are sorry they have not got or done something that they had wanted to get or do.
1. Hard luck, chaps, but don't despair too much.
  真不走运，伙计们，不过别太灰心。

Tempting as it is for us who were born earlier to shrug our shoulders and say hard luck to the 80s generation, we are not immune from their woes.
尽管这很容易诱使我们这些较早出生的人耸耸肩，对80年代生人说运气不好，但我们不可能不受他们问题的影响。
It was jolly hard luck on him, wasn't it?
他可真倒霉，不是吗？
They penalized me for not having some hard luck story.
他们以我没有困难的幸运故事来惩罚我。
Who can resist a kid with a hard luck story?
谁能拒绝一个有着倒霉往事的小孩？
Hard luck and misfortune had followed Horace all his life.
命运不佳和不幸伴随霍勒斯的一生。
Hard luck! I'm afraid you haven't won this time, jim.
运气不好呀，吉姆，恐怕你这次没赢吧。
Becky snatched at the book to close it, and had the hard luck to tear the pictured page half down the middle.
贝基一把抓起书想把它合上，可是不幸拦腰把那张图撕了一半。
Have you the backbone to overcome the hard luck?
你有没有勇气战胜厄运？
They live to think of themselves as tough-minded business men, yet they are push-overs for any hard luck story.
他们向来把自己想成硬心肠的商人，可是任何不幸的故事都会使他们受骗。
No, he just called in sick. It was very hard luck ( on you) to get ill on your holiday.
没有，他打电话来请病假。（你）假期得病真倒霉。