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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。
不幸的人；倒霉的人
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不幸的人；倒霉的人
a person who has bad luck or suffers misfortune
The government must do more to help the unfortunate.
政府必须做更多来帮助不幸的人。
不幸的人；陷入困境的人
An unlucky person; one who has fallen into bad circumstances.
不幸的人
a person who suffers misfortune
The shelter provides food and beds for the unfortunates who lost their homes in the fire.
收容所为在火灾中失去家园的不幸者提供食物和床位。
One unfortunate was left waiting for hours after missing the last train.
一个不幸的人错过了末班车，被留下等了几个小时。
Local volunteers gather clothes to distribute to the unfortunates affected by the flood.
当地志愿者收集衣物，分发给受洪水影响的不幸者。
“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。
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。
复数形式指多个不幸的人。
The shelter houses many unfortunates who have lost their homes.
这个收容所收留了许多失去家园的不幸者。
“poor”加强语气，表示同情。
She gave some money to the poor unfortunate sitting on the street.
她给那个坐在街上的可怜不幸者一些钱。
Not this
Three unfortunate were rescued.
Use this
Three unfortunates were rescued.
英语中，当使用具体数字时，可数名词'unfortunate'必须用复数形式'unfortunates'，而不用原形。
Not this
There is much unfortunate in this city.
Use this
There are many unfortunates in this city.
名词'unfortunate'是可数名词，不能与不可数量词'much'连用，应使用'many'，且名词用复数。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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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。
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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.
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