hard luck

基本解釋

But winsome didn't win the day, and neither did hard luck stories.
但是可愛并沒有獲勝，而不幸的故事也沒有獲勝。
"It's hard luck. You know, we had (an) opportunity to win this game," Gyan said, "but unfortunately, that is football for you."
“真倒霉。你們知道，我們本有機會贏下這場比賽，”吉安說，“但是很不幸，比賽是你們的比賽?！?/li>
Fixed for ten hours on a comfortless bench, they know no way of occupying themselves, and if they think at all it is to whimper about hard luck and pine for work.
他們知道自己沒有什么出路，只能在這磨人的條凳上坐上十個小時而動彈不得，如果說他們會想到什么，那也無非是哀嘆命運的不幸或者渴望能有份工可作。

But that's their hard luck,not his.
Most of the luck is bad; it's hard to succeed, and with some combination of luck, skill, determination and hard work all of that will decide which of these farmers will be successful and which will not.
靠投機取巧是很難成功的,只有包含著運氣,能力,意志和勤奮的所有因素才能角逐出,哪些農民會獲取成功,哪些會遭受失敗
耶魯公開課 - 古希臘歷史簡介課程節(jié)選
That is the hard work, and being focused, and having a little luck, of course.
當然這要靠努力、專注，還有一點點運氣。
事業(yè)就是挑戰(zhàn) - SpeakingMax英語口語達人

The hard luck Colts are supremely talented, but they seem to always have their hearts broken in the playoffs, and always seemingly broken by the Patriots.
NPR: Fearsome Foursome Left in Super Bowl Chase

If you say that someone had some hard luck, or that a situation was hard luck on them, you mean that something bad happened to them and you are implying that it was not their fault.
If someone says that a bad situation affecting you is just your hard luck, they do not care about it or think you should be helped, often because they think it is your fault.
You can say "hard luck" to someone to show that you are sorry they have not got or done something that they had wanted to get or do.
A hard-luck story is an account of something bad that happened to someone, which was not their fault.