關於Hapless的意思和用法的提問
"Hapless"的近義詞和區別
Q:
hapless 和 unfortunate 的差別在哪裡?
A:
"Hapless" has an old meaning of "without good luck (for most of one's life)".
"Unfortunate" doesn't specify how often one is unlucky.
You might say something like:
"Dave missed the train today, and was late to the airport. That was unfortunate."
"Yes, but he missed the train because his alarm clock didn't ring. And the last time he took a taxi, the taxi broke down. There's always something unlucky happening to him."
"Really? He sounds a bit hapless."
"Unfortunate" doesn't specify how often one is unlucky.
You might say something like:
"Dave missed the train today, and was late to the airport. That was unfortunate."
"Yes, but he missed the train because his alarm clock didn't ring. And the last time he took a taxi, the taxi broke down. There's always something unlucky happening to him."
"Really? He sounds a bit hapless."
Q:
hapless 和 unfortunate 的差別在哪裡?
A:
They are almost the same in meaning. Unfortunate would mean you have bad fortune; Hapless would mean that nothing good happens to you, nothing to make you happy.
Q:
hapless 和 unlucky 的差別在哪裡?
A:
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Q:
hapless 和 unlucky 的差別在哪裡?
A:
Connotation. The former (hapless) feels stronger than the latter (unlucky), perhaps because "unlucky" is used much more often.
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