Word · Frequency #4076
unfortunate
不幸的人；倒霉的人
a person who has bad luck or suffers misfortune
- 1.
An unlucky person; one who has fallen into bad circumstances.
不幸的人；陷入困境的人
- 2.
a person who suffers misfortune
不幸的人
不幸的人；陷入困境的人；不幸的人
In use
The shelter provides food and beds for the unfortunates who lost their homes in the fire.
One unfortunate was left waiting for hours after missing the last train.
Local volunteers gather clothes to distribute to the unfortunates affected by the flood.
the + unfortunate
“the+unfortunate”表示一类人，即不幸的人们。
The government must do more to help the unfortunate.
政府必须做更多来帮助不幸的人。
an unfortunate
He was just an unfortunate caught in a series of bad events.
他只是一个被一系列不幸事件困住的不幸者。
unfortunates (plural)
复数形式指多个不幸的人。
Connections
Collocations
- poor unfortunate
- 可怜的不幸者
- She felt sympathy for the poor unfortunate living on the streets.她对那些流落街头的可怜不幸者感到同情。
- hapless unfortunate
- 倒霉的不幸者
- The hapless unfortunate lost his job and home in the same week.那个倒霉的不幸者在同一周失去了工作和家。
- wretched unfortunate
- 悲惨的不幸者
- The wretched unfortunate begged for food on the corner.那个悲惨的不幸者在街角乞讨食物。
- young unfortunate
- 年轻的不幸者
- The young unfortunate had no family to turn to.那个年轻的不幸者没有家人可以依靠。
- unfortunate soul
- 不幸的人
- He was just an unfortunate soul caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.他只是一个在错误时间出现在错误地点的倒霉蛋。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
将fortunate（幸运的）加否定前缀un-，意为不幸的人，可联想为总是一脸倒霉相的人。
Context & Register
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Pronunciation & Spelling
Only 'fortunate' and 'importunate' rhyme with 'unfortunate' (same stressed vowel /ɔːr/ and ending /tʃənət/). The other words end in a similar spelling '-ate' but have different stressed vowels and do not rhyme.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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