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ill-fated

/il-fey-tid/US // ˈɪlˈfeɪ tɪd //

命运多舛,命运多舛的,命途多舛,命运多舛的人

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : destined, as though by fate, to an unhappy or unfortunate end: an ill-fated voyage.
    • : bringing bad fortune.

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Examples

  • They had rarely seen their own fathers carry small children unless their mothers were ill.

  • I am fortunate that I have never been deathly ill, but whenever I have the stomach flu, I most certainly feel like I am dying.

  • David Prowse, the actor who portrayed Darth Vader, wished to come back but had to turn down the role because of ill health.

  • But Seligman never imagined how Mitchell might put the concept to work, in part because it was so ill-suited to that purpose.

  • There is a procedure called “compassionate release” allowing terminally ill men to die at home.

  • These differences of interests will lead to disputes, ill blood, and finally to separation.

  • And for fear of being ill spoken of weep bitterly for a day, and then comfort thyself in thy sadness.

  • G was a gamester, who had but ill-luck; H was a Hunter, who hunted a buck.

  • "It is ill-fated;" and Alessandro blamed himself for having forgotten her only association with the name.

  • The Marshals were inclined to attribute their disgrace to the ill-will of Berthier and not to the temper of Napoleon.

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