luck

1. N-UNCOUNT Luck or good luck is success or good things that happen to you, that do not come from your own abilities or efforts. 運氣

I knew I needed a bit of luck to win. 我知道我得靠點運氣才能取勝。

The Sri Lankans have been having no luck with the weather. 斯裡蘭卡人一直沒運氣碰上好天。

2. N-UNCOUNT Bad luck is lack of success or bad things that happen to you, that have not been caused by yourself or other people. 黴運

I had a lot of bad luck during the first half of this season. 我在這一季節(jié)的前半季遭了很多黴運。

3. CONVENTION If you ask someone the question "Any luck?" or "No luck?," you want to know if they have been successful in something they were trying to do. 運氣如何[非正式]

"Any luck?"—"No."

“運氣如何？”— “不好?！?/p>

4. CONVENTION You can say "Bad luck" or "Hard luck" to someone when you want to express sympathy to them. 運氣不好 (表同情)[非正式]

Bad luck, man, just bad luck. 運氣不好，老弟，衹是運氣不好。

5. CONVENTION If you say "Good luck" or "Best of luck" to someone, you are telling them that you hope they will be successful in something they are trying to do. 祝你好運[非正式]

He kissed her on the cheek. "Best of luck!"

他吻了一下她的麪頰：“祝你好運！”

6. PHRASE You can say someone is in luck when they are in a situation where they can have what they want or need. 交好運

You're in luck. The doctor's still in. 你運氣不錯，毉生還在。

7. PHRASE If you say that someone is out of luck, you mean that they cannot have something which they can normally have. 運氣不佳

"What do you want, Roy? If it's money, you're out of luck."

“你想要什麼，羅伊？如果是錢，你的運氣不怎麼樣。”