4lucky you/me etcspokenLUCKY used to say that someone is fortunate to be able to do something 你/我等真幸运〔指某人有幸能做某事〕
‘My husband’s a rich man, and devoted to me.’ ‘Lucky you.’
“我丈夫很有钱,对我又忠心。” “你真幸运啊。”
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lucky you/me etc• You don't know how lucky you are in that respect.• If you lucky you can do alright.• If you are lucky you might get a codexthrown in for a good measure for telecomms application.• Here in the Adirondacks, if you were lucky you might have found an orange in your Christmas stocking.• How lucky you were, I think.• It was lucky you were together when you found the bodies.
5be somebody’s lucky dayspoken used to say that something good and often unexpected will happen to someone 是某人的幸运日
We’re going to win. I just know it’s our lucky day
我们会赢的,我就知道今天我们运气好。
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be somebody’s lucky day• "Look at the size of the fish I caught!" "It must be your lucky day!"• Anyway, that day was obviously a lucky day.• But it was Swindon's lucky day.• It was not her lucky day.• Read the stars in the magazines and the paper: Todayis your lucky day.• Friday used to be considered a lucky day for weddings in Gerrnany.
6you’ll/you’d be lucky!spoken used to tell someone that what they want probably will not happen 但愿你走运〔用于告诉某人他们所希望的事可能不会发生〕
‘Fifty pounds should be enough.’ ‘You’ll be lucky!’
“50 英镑应该够了。” “但愿你走运!”
7I/you should be so lucky!spokenPROBABLY used to tell someone that what they want is not likely to happen, especially because it is unreasonable 我/你哪有这种运气!〔用于告诉某人其要求不大可能得到满足,尤因该要求不合理〕
You want three weeks holiday? You should be so lucky!
你想要三个星期的假期?想得倒美!
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I/you should be so lucky!• Sleeppast 6 a.m.? I should be so lucky!
Police say it was extremely lucky that no one was killed.
dead lucky informal (=very lucky)
I was dead lucky to find a parking space right away.
pretty lucky informal (=lucky, but not extremely lucky)
We were pretty lucky with the weather on this holiday.
lucky + NOUN
a lucky winner
The lucky winner of the competition will be announced next week.
a lucky man/woman/boy/girl
Your son’s a lucky man, having a father like you.
the lucky ones (=lucky people, especially when compared to others who suffered)
They considered themselves the lucky ones because they escaped with only minor injuries.
phrases
be lucky enough to do something (=have the good luck to do something)
I was lucky enough to be selected for the school team.
THESAURUS
lucky happening because of good luck, or bringing you good luck 幸运的;带来好运的
a lucky guess
侥幸猜中
Seven is considered a lucky number.
七被视为幸运数字。
nIt’s lucky that I’ve got some spare keys.
nItaly got a lucky goal in the last five minutes of the game.
n‘How did you know he’d be there?’ ‘It was a lucky guess.’
fortunate happening because of good luck. Fortunate is more formal than lucky 幸运的〔比lucky正式〕
It was extremely fortunate that there was no one in the building when the bomb went off.
万幸的是,炸弹爆炸时大楼内空无一人。
I’m in the fortunate position of doing a job I love.
我很幸运,在做一份自己喜爱的工作。
nSome plants actually prefer a lot of shade, which is fortunate for gardeners choosing plants for gloomy corners.
it’s a good thing (that) (also it’s a good job (that)British EnglishBrE) spoken used when saying that there would have been problems if something had not happened 幸好,幸运的是
It’s a good thing that you brought an umbrella with you.
幸好你带了一把伞。
It’s a good job I’m here to help.
幸亏有我在可以帮忙。
miraculous extremely lucky in a way that is almost unbelievable 奇迹般的,不可思议的
nA teenager had a miraculous escape last night when the car she was travelling in overturned.
The doctor gave her a month to live but she made a miraculous recovery.
医生认为她只能再活一个月,可她却奇迹般地康复了。
It was miraculous that no one was seriously injured in the accident.
没有人在事故中受重伤,真是不可思议。
fortuitous /fɔːˈtjuːɪtəs/ formal happening because of good luck 巧合的,偶然的
a fortuitous decision
一个偶然决定
a fortuitous coincidence
一次机缘巧合
It was fortuitous that no one else was hurt.
幸运的是没有其他人受伤。
a fluke /fluːk/ informal something that happens by chance, not because of skill or good judgment 侥幸;偶然
The goal was a fluke.
这个进球纯属侥幸。
By a fluke, he managed to get the question right.
他碰巧答对了这个问题。
nbe in the right place at the right time used when saying that someone is lucky and the situation is right for them
Making money from buying property is easy – you just have to be in the right place at the right time.
be lucky to do/be something• He's lucky to be alive.• People say she was lucky to be alive, but she didn't feel lucky.• We were lucky to find a parkingspot right in front of the store.• All the tragedies and happiness in my life are something I am lucky to be able to incorporate into what I do.• But they also know they are lucky to be in Lansing, picking up the trash.• Doctors say he is lucky to be alive.• He was lucky to be alive, he said.• I was lucky to be offered a job with the organisation.• I was lucky to be one of the interviewees-someone had mentioned my name to him.• My father is lucky to be coming home alive and unharmed.
lucky guess• Maybe they made a lucky guess.• That had just been a lucky guess.• The reporters could not tell whether this was because Kalmbach was a lucky guess or a ridiculous one.• It had been a lucky guess, that was all.• And a rather maliciouslucky guess to boot.• It is a very addictive game of logic, deduction, and lots of lucky guesses when you first play.