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单词 unfortunately
释义
unfortunately
adverb
uk
/ʌnˈfɔː.tʃən.ət.li/us
/ʌnˈfɔːr.tʃən.ət.li/
A2
used to say that something issad,disappointing, or has abadeffect:
不幸地；倒霉地
Unfortunately, I didn't have mycreditcardwith me, orelseI would haveboughtit.很不凑巧，我没带信用卡，否则我肯定早买了。
Synonyms
alasold useorhumorousorformal
sadly(UNPLEASANT)
Opposites
fortunately
luckily
More examples
  • Journalists mayenterthedangerzonebut unfortunately we cannotguaranteetheirsafety.
  • Unfortunately we can't come thiseveningafter all.
  • Unfortunately there's nothing I can do aboutyourproblem.
  • Wetriedto gettickets, but unfortunately they were alreadysoldout.
  • Unfortunately theplanehas beendelayed- the newdeparturetimeis 16.20.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Good luck and bad luck
  • align
  • bad/hard/tough luck!idiom
  • be bad luck onsomeoneidiom
  • be down onyourluckidiom
  • be in/out of luckidiom
  • blessing
  • fortune smiles onsomeoneidiom
  • get the short end of the stickidiom
  • godsend
  • grace
  • hapless
  • merciful
  • mercifully
  • mercy
  • miracle
  • misadventure
  • shame
  • streak
  • with any luckidiom
  • your luck's in!idiom
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(Definition ofunfortunatelyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunfortunately

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The analysis of the qualitative data appears,unfortunately, to have been somewhat superficial.
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Unfortunately, rigorous scientific data are lacking on the efficacy and effectiveness to justify medical practice.
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Many other adverbs (as interestingly, frankly, clearly, luckily,unfortunately) are similarly used; most are so ordinary as to excite no comment or interest whatsoever.
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Unfortunately, it is difficult in a short space to do justice to a book which already is a philosophical classic.
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Unfortunately, complaints returned due to a disturbance of rhythm.
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Unfortunately, parties have only limited resources with which to prepare for office.
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Unfortunately, however, negligible data on its activities have survived.
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I entirely agree, but only because this is a true story told from a first-person perspective, which does not,unfortunately, escape epiphenomenalism.
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Unfortunately, in most cases empirical testing has lagged the theoretical development of this class of models,1 including in the area of international relations.
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Unfortunately, this makes the testing of sensor models less straightforward.
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Unfortunately, the measurement of cell proliferation has tended to be unreliable.
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Unfortunatelyshe suffered complications in a later pregnancy and the stitch had to be removed.
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Unfortunatelythis cannot account for the differences observed between appetitive and aversive tasks in non-primate species following amygdala damage.
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Unfortunately, unlike many linear equations, these nonlinear equations are generally not solvable in closed functional mathematical form.
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Unfortunately, the exact age and significance of the high-grade event remains unclear.
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