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luckless

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++luck·less /ˈlʌkləs/ adjective literary  UNLUCKYhaving no luck in something you are trying to do 〔做某事而〕运气不好的,不幸的 SYN unfortunate He died in the desert like so many other luckless explorers. 他和其他许多不幸的探险者一样,也死在沙漠中。
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lucklessJust as this realisation dawned, a luckless couple drew into the parking space to read a map.Keen Hunter was second and luckless Elbio third.Adding insult to injury, a double cross awaits our luckless hero in the final stanza.The story presents a picture of the luckless, homeless skinhead which corresponds closely to the movement's own mythology about itself.At about this point, it seemed it was the audience who needed to be rescued, not the luckless motorists.It was no more than Wanderers deserved after a luckless opening.But with a new-found strength she swung it as a feather, at the luckless Rubberneck.William Holden stars as a luckless scriptwriter in "Sunset Boulevard."
luck·less adjectiveChineseSyllable
in luck trying are something no having you Corpus


luckless
luckless /ˈlʌkləs/ adjective literary
 Word Family: adjective: luckyunlucky, luckless; noun: luck; adverb: luckilyunluckily
having no luck in something you are trying to do
   SYN  unfortunate:
    He died in the desert like so many other luckless explorers.


luck·lessBrE /ˈlʌkləs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlʌkləs/ 🔊 adjectivehaving bad luck 运气不好的;不走运的;不幸的 SYN unlucky the luckless victim of the attack遭到袭击的不幸受害者