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['lʌklɪs]* * *adjective (unfortunate: luckless children.) sfortunato* * *luckless /ˈlʌkləs/a.sfortunato; disgraziato; infausto; infelice; sventurato: a luckless period, un periodo infausto; a luckless journey, un viaggio sfortunato (o infelice); a luckless boy, un ragazzo sventuratolucklessly avv. lucklessness n. [u].* * *['lʌklɪs] -
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[lʌk]1) (fortune)good luck, bad luck — fortuna, sfortuna
to bring sb. bad luck — portare sfortuna a qcn.
it's good luck — porta fortuna, porta bene
bad o hard luck! che sfortuna! just my luck! iron. la mia solita fortuna! good luck! buona fortuna! better luck next time! andrà meglio la prossima volta! to be down on one's luck — essere in un periodo sfortunato
2) (good fortune) fortuna f.to wear sth. for luck — indossare qcs. come portafortuna
to be in, out of luck — avere, non avere fortuna
••no such luck! — no, purtroppo!
once more for luck — ancora una volta, non si sa mai
* * *1) (the state of happening by chance: Whether you win or not is just luck - there's no skill involved.) fortuna, caso2) (something good which happens by chance: She has all the luck!) fortuna•- luckless- lucky
- luckily
- luckiness
- lucky dip
- bad luck!
- good luck!
- worse luck!* * *[lʌk]1) (fortune)good luck, bad luck — fortuna, sfortuna
to bring sb. bad luck — portare sfortuna a qcn.
it's good luck — porta fortuna, porta bene
bad o hard luck! che sfortuna! just my luck! iron. la mia solita fortuna! good luck! buona fortuna! better luck next time! andrà meglio la prossima volta! to be down on one's luck — essere in un periodo sfortunato
2) (good fortune) fortuna f.to wear sth. for luck — indossare qcs. come portafortuna
to be in, out of luck — avere, non avere fortuna
••no such luck! — no, purtroppo!
once more for luck — ancora una volta, non si sa mai
См. также в других словарях:
Luckless — Luck less, a. Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a luckless maid. [1913 Webster] Prayers made and granted in a luckless hour. Dryden. {Luck less*ly}, adv.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
luckless — index ominous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
luckless — (adj.) 1560s, from LUCK (Cf. luck) (n.) + LESS (Cf. less). Related: Lucklessly; lucklessness … Etymology dictionary
luckless — *unlucky, disastrous, ill starred, ill fated, unfortunate, calamitous, hapless Analogous words: unhappy, infelicitous (see UNFIT): *miserable, wretched … New Dictionary of Synonyms
luckless — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unfortunate … English terms dictionary
luckless — [luk′lis] adj. having no good luck; unlucky lucklessly adv. lucklessness n … English World dictionary
luckless — [[t]lʌ̱kləs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe someone or something as luckless, you mean that they are unsuccessful or unfortunate. [LITERARY] ...the luckless parent of an extremely difficult child. ...the President s luckless tour of… … English dictionary
luckless — lucklessly, adv. lucklessness, n. /luk lis/, adj. having no luck; unfortunate; hapless; ill fated; turning out or ending disastrously: a luckless venture that ruined many of the investors. [1555 65; LUCK + LESS] * * * … Universalium
luckless — adjective a) Unsuccessful, in a failing manner. The search party returned dejected from the luckless search. b) Without luck … Wiktionary
luckless — luck|less [ˈlʌkləs] adj literary having no luck in something you are trying to do = ↑unfortunate ▪ He died in the desert like so many other luckless explorers … Dictionary of contemporary English
luckless — adjective literary having no luck in something you are trying to do: He died in the desert like so many other luckless explorers … Longman dictionary of contemporary English