hapless

英 ['hæpləs] 美 ['hæpləs]

• adj. 倒霉的；不幸的

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 不幸的
2. 倒霉的
3. 运气不好的
4. 倒运的
5. 时运不济的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. deserving or inciting pity;

   "a hapless victim"
   "miserable victims of war"
   "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"
   "piteous appeals for help"
   "pitiable homeless children"
   "a pitiful fate"
   "Oh, you poor thing"
   "his poor distorted limbs"
   "a wretched life"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. The real reason doesn't ascribe to the hapless employee, but for boss' emotion.
   真正的原因并不在于那个倒霉的员工,而是老板的情绪。
2. His hapless lover was knocked down by a car.
   他那不幸的恋人被汽车撞倒了。
3. All of them were hapless victims of this hurricane.
   他们都是这场飓风的不幸受害者。
4. This hapless creature had never known a moment's pleasure.
   这个不幸的人从来就没有享受过片刻的欢娱。

经典引文

• The Maseru hunt took off after some hapless hyena.

  出自： W. Boyd

近反义词

【近义词】

• wretched 可怜的
• miserable 痛苦的
• unfortunate 不幸的
• unlucky 倒霉的
• luckless 不幸的
• ill-fated 注定要倒霉的...
• ill-starred (=ill-facted...
• star-crossed 时运不济的
• doomed 命中注定的
• pathetic 可怜的
• piteous 哀怨的
• pitiful 慈悲的
• pitiable 引人怜悯的
• poor 可怜的
• misfortunate 不幸的