| 单词 |
hapless |
| 释义 |
hapless, a.|ˈhæplɪs| Also 6–7 -les, -lesse. [f. hap n.1 + -less.] Destitute of ‘hap’ or good fortune; unfortunate, unlucky, luckless.
1568Grafton Chron. II. 2 Desyryng to ende their haplesse lyfe. a1592Greene Alphonsus v. Wks. (Rtldg.) 243/2 O hapless hap! o dire and cruel fate! 1635J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Banish'd Virg. 181 The object of an hopelesse and haplesse love. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 404 O much deceav'd, much failing, hapless Eve! a1720Sheffield (Dk. Buckhm.) Wks. (1753) I. 5, I..wish my hapless life a shorter date. 1867Smiles Huguenots Eng. x. (1880) 170 Nor did distinction in learning protect the hapless Protestants. |

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