| 词组 | luck |
| 释义 | luck /lʌk/ noun good or bad things that happen to you by chanceadjectives/nouns + luckgood luck These birds are said to bring good luck.bad luck His bad luck continued and he lost the next three games.sheer/pure luck also dumb luck AmE (=chance, and not skill or effort) She managed to catch hold of the rope by sheer luck. | Sometimes I think my success was really just dumb luck.beginner’s luck (=good luck that happens when you first try something) His first shot hit the centre of the target. “Beginner’s luck, I guess,” he said.bad/hard luck! (=used to show sympathy for someone who has not succeeded) “I didn’t get the job.” “Oh, bad luck!”tough luck (=used when saying that you do not feel sorry for someone) If they can’t get to the airport in time for the plane, that’s tough luck.verbs + luckhave good/bad luck He’s had some bad luck lately.have more/less luck I hope you have more luck in the next competition.have no luck also not have much/any luck (=not be lucky or successful) I’d been looking for a job for weeks, but had had no luck.have the (good/bad) luck to do sth He had the good luck to meet a man who could help him.wish sb luck I’m taking my driving test tomorrow – wish me luck.bring sb/give sb luck He always carried the stone in his pocket; he thought it brought him luck.try your luck (=try something that involves a risk) He decided to try his luck in management.push your luck (=do something that involves a risk, especially something you have successfully done before) You’re pushing your luck if you ask him for more money.luck + verbssb’s luck holds (=they continue having good luck) Our luck held, and the weather remained fine.sb’s luck runs out (=they stop having good luck) Finally, my luck ran out and they caught me.prepositionsby luck (=because of luck) It was only by luck that I realized what had happened.for luck (=in order to have good luck) She crossed her fingers for luck.with luck (=if someone is lucky) With luck, we’ll be home before dinner.phrasesa piece/stroke of luck (=something good that happens by chance) What a piece of luck that he arrived when he did!be in luck (=be able to do or get something, especially when you did not expect to) You’re in luck – someone found your keys this morning.have a run of good/bad luck (=a series of good or bad things) The team have had a run of bad luck lately, losing their last five games.can’t believe your luck I couldn’t believe my luck when I heard I had got the job!sth is a matter of luck (=something that depends on chance) Winning is a matter of luck.there is an element of luck (=an amount of luck is involved in something) There is always an element of luck when hiring someone for a job.better luck next time (=used for saying you hope someone will be more successful next time they try something) If you didn’t win, better luck next time.as luck would have it (=used for saying that something happened by chance) As luck would have it, the train was late so I didn’t miss it.THESAURUS: luck chance the way that some things happen without being planned or caused by people: I met her by chance on a plane to Tokyo. | Like all top athletes, he leaves nothing to chance, and trains harder than anybody. fortune luck and the effect it has on your life: I had the good fortune to work with some great people. | The tour was dogged by ill fortune from the start (=it had a lot of bad luck). | Fortune has shone on the team so far this season (=they have been lucky). fate a power that some people believe controls what happens to people and which cannot be changed or stopped: It must have been fate that brought them together, and fate that tore them apart. | Fate dealt him a cruel blow with the death of his wife at the age of 32. | We can’t just leave it to fate. providence a power which some people believe controls what happens in our lives and protects us: Do you believe in divine providence (=God’s power to make things happen)? | Her life was mapped out for her by providence. fluke informal something good that happens because of luck: Their second goal was a fluke. | They won by a fluke. |
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