hard luck

基本解释

But winsome didn't win the day, and neither did hard luck stories.
但是可爱并没有获胜，而不幸的故事也没有获胜。
"It's hard luck. You know, we had (an) opportunity to win this game," Gyan said, "but unfortunately, that is football for you."
“真倒霉。你们知道，我们本有机会赢下这场比赛，”吉安说，“但是很不幸，比赛是你们的比赛。”
Fixed for ten hours on a comfortless bench, they know no way of occupying themselves, and if they think at all it is to whimper about hard luck and pine for work.
他们知道自己没有什么出路，只能在这磨人的条凳上坐上十个小时而动弹不得，如果说他们会想到什么，那也无非是哀叹命运的不幸或者渴望能有份工可作。

But that's their hard luck,not his.
Most of the luck is bad; it's hard to succeed, and with some combination of luck, skill, determination and hard work all of that will decide which of these farmers will be successful and which will not.
靠投机取巧是很难成功的,只有包含着运气,能力,意志和勤奋的所有因素才能角逐出,哪些农民会获取成功,哪些会遭受失败
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That is the hard work, and being focused, and having a little luck, of course.
当然这要靠努力、专注，还有一点点运气。
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The hard luck Colts are supremely talented, but they seem to always have their hearts broken in the playoffs, and always seemingly broken by the Patriots.
NPR: Fearsome Foursome Left in Super Bowl Chase

If you say that someone had some hard luck, or that a situation was hard luck on them, you mean that something bad happened to them and you are implying that it was not their fault.
If someone says that a bad situation affecting you is just your hard luck, they do not care about it or think you should be helped, often because they think it is your fault.
You can say "hard luck" to someone to show that you are sorry they have not got or done something that they had wanted to get or do.
A hard-luck story is an account of something bad that happened to someone, which was not their fault.