You can picture luck as an invisible force that decides good or bad things for you — things you did not earn and cannot steer. A coin lands heads, the right person walks in at the right moment: that hidden hand is luck.

可以想成有一隻看不見的手,在替你決定事情往好或往壞走——這些結果不是你努力換來的,你也控制不了它。硬幣翻成正面、對的人剛好在對的時候出現,那股說不清的力量就是運氣。

Six branches

運氣這股力量、與它的好壞兩面

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luck, fortune · noun · A2

The force that seems to make good or bad things happen to people by chance.

運氣 / 機運

祝福與盼望(願這股力量幫你)

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wish someone luck · noun · A2

To tell someone you hope things go well for them before they try something.

祝某人好運

碰運氣、求吉利(主動去討這股力量)

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try your luck · noun · A2

To do something hoping you will succeed, even though you know you might not.

碰碰運氣、放手一試

成敗的結果:走運或沒指望

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in luck · noun · A2

Lucky enough that the thing you wanted turns out to be possible after all.

走運、運氣好

湊巧與時運(運氣現身的那一刻)

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as luck would have it · noun · A2

Said to show that something happened by chance, either luckily or unluckily.

說來也巧、湊巧

埋怨與感嘆(對著運氣發牢騷)

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just my luck · noun · A2

Said to show you are not surprised something bad has happened, because you often feel unlucky.

我就是這麼衰、果然又是我

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Luckname

  • 1

    A surname transferred from the given name.

lucknoun/lʌk/

  • 1

    Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.

    • The raffle is just a matter of luck.
    • Gilbert had some bad luck yesterday — he got pick-pocketed and lost fifty dollars.
  • 2

    Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.

    • Sometimes it takes a bit of luck to get success.
    • I couldn't believe my luck when I found a fifty dollar bill on the street.
  • 3

    A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success.

    • He blew on the dice for luck.
    • I wish you lots of luck for the exam tomorrow.
  • 4

    Success.

    • I tried for ages to find a pair of blue suede shoes, but didn't have any luck.
    • He has a lot of luck with the ladies. Perhaps it's because of his new motorbike.
  • 5

    computingengineeringmathematicsThe results of a random number generator.

    • The creators of tool-assisted speedruns often manipulate luck to get the most favorable results in order to save the most time.

luckverb/lʌk/

  • 1

    informalTo find something through good fortune; used with into, on, onto or upon.

    • I lucked upon a seat, settled in, nodded off and 20 minutes later heard my name being called by the admitting nurse.
    • But then I lucked on a backpackers' lodge lying half-hidden behind some trees right next to the road. It was a considerable relief to both my mind and my muscles.

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