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unfortunately

/uhn-fawr-chuh-nit-lee/US // ʌnˈfɔr tʃə nɪt li //UK // (ʌnˈfɔːtʃənɪtlɪ) //

遗憾的是,不幸的是,很遗憾

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adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : it is unfortunate that: Unfortunately, our flight was delayed for several hours.

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Examples

  • If that existed, then it would probably make it more attractive for the county or city to connect their wetlands with their climate action plans but unfortunately that’s not the case.

  • Most venture capital firms fund what they know, and unfortunately few understand the affordable housing community, which is largely minority with female heads of household.

  • The people they cast were of that age or close to it, and that’s unfortunately uncommon.

  • Now, unfortunately, her mother is gravely ill, and I know I will soon need to express my sympathy.

  • If you leave the kid just for a few minutes, they’re very vulnerable and they can unfortunately die.

  • Unfortunately, this is more about protecting the legacy of a ‘great man.’

  • I wish I could be writing to you under better circumstances, but unfortunately those avenues have closed up.

  • Unfortunately, the underground tunnels that were used to transport booze and, if necessary, escaping patrons, are off-limits.

  • Unfortunately, the most confused Ebola alarmists had millions of followers: Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter.

  • Unfortunately, that means suppressing fire or cutting down all the pretty uninfected trees can cause mistletoe outbreaks.

  • This was my sincere endeavor, in those many discourses I had with that monarch, although it unfortunately failed of success.

  • My memory is well stored, but unfortunately I have never kept a diary or commonplace book of any kind.

  • To drop on one knee and level his piece was the work of an instant, but unfortunately he snapped a dry twig in doing so.

  • Unfortunately Massna's record was not such as to inspire confidence in the purity of his intentions.

  • Unfortunately, I had studied so little at that time, that I don't feel as if I were competent to judge him.