unfortunates是什么意思？

unfortunates

• n. 不幸的人( unfortunate的名词复数 )；

例句

• I also have my patients, and then, too, I have some whom I call my unfortunates. 首先我有他们称为病人的病人, 其次我还有我称为不幸的人的病人.
• Unlike many other poor unfortunates, I do have a job. 我同许多不幸的人不一样, 我是有工作的.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  不幸的；倒霉的
  If you describe someone as unfortunate, you mean that something unpleasant or unlucky has happened to them. You can also describe the unpleasant things that happen to them as unfortunate .
  例句
  Some unfortunate person passing below could all too easily be seriously injured... 从下面经过的倒霉蛋儿很容易受重伤。 Apparently he had been unfortunate enough to fall victim to a gang of thugs... 他显然不幸落入了一群歹徒之手。
• ADJ-GRADED
  不恰当的；尴尬的；棘手的
  If you describe something that has happened as unfortunate, you think that it is inappropriate, embarrassing, awkward, or undesirable.
  例句
  It really is desperately unfortunate that this should have happened just now. 刚才竟发生这样的事儿，实在是太不合时宜了。 ...the unfortunate incident of the upside-down Canadian flag... 加拿大国旗挂颠倒这种尴尬事儿
• ADJ-GRADED
  穷困潦倒的；生活艰难的
  You can describe someone as unfortunate when they are poor or have a difficult life.
  例句
  Every year we have charity days to raise money for unfortunate people. 每年我们都有慈善日来筹款帮助贫困人群。 ...the unfortunate inhabitants of the East End slums. 伦敦东区贫民窟穷困潦倒的居民