luck

luck

英 [lʌk]
　　美 [lʌk]

n. 運氣；幸運；帶來好運的東西
　　vi. 靠運氣，走運；湊巧碰上
　　n. (Luck)人名；(德、瑞典)盧克；(英)勒克；(法)呂克

n.(名詞)luck是不可數名詞,與bring,have連用時意思是“運氣”;luck與may,wish等連用時意思是“幸運,走運”。luck還可作“僥幸”解,指個人的成功並非靠能力或勤奮的結果,而是靠機遇。luck常接動詞不定式作定語。as luck would have it含有“幸運地”或“不幸地”兩種相對立的意思,句意須視上下文而定。worse luck是“不幸”的意思,而非“更不幸”。

中文詞源：

luck 運氣

詞源不詳，原指賭博中的財運。

例句：

1. Good luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.
好運就是當機會來臨時，你早已做好瞭準備。

2. He does deserve some good luck after so much wretchedness.
經過這麼多苦難之後，他應該行點好運瞭。

3. Wood has not had much luck in carving out a career.
伍德想幹出點名堂來，可是總不能如願。

4. Was he born to be successful, or did he just luck out?
是他命中註定會成功，還是僅僅交瞭好運？

5. It would be just his luck to miss the last boat.
他就這運氣，誤瞭最後一班船也毫不出奇。