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    hard-luck story

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌhard-ˈluck ˌstory noun (plural hard-luck stories) [countable]  a story you tell someone about bad things that have happened to you, in order to get their sympathy or help 〔为博取别人的同情或帮助而倾诉的〕不幸遭遇
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    hard-luck story• Meeting anybody in Baghdad these days involves listening to a hard-luck story, most of which is likely to be true.
    ˌhard-ˈluck ˌstory nounChineseSyllable
    Corpus you things story someone about a that tell bad


    hard-luck story
    ˌhard-ˈluck ˌstory noun (plural hard-luck stories) [countable]
    a story you tell someone about bad things that have happened to you, in order to get their sympathy or help


    hard-luck storyBrE /ˌhɑːd ˈlʌk stɔːri/ 🔊NAmE /ˌhɑːrd ˈlʌk stɔːri/ 🔊 nouna story about yourself that you tell sb in order to get their sympathy or help （为博得他人同情或帮助而诉说的）不幸的遭遇