ill-fated

英 [ˌɪl ˈfeɪtɪd]

美 [ˌɪl ˈfeɪtɪd]

adj.  注定要倒霉的; 时运不济的; (尤指)结局悲惨的

Collins.1

牛津词典

adj.

• 注定要倒霉的；时运不济的；（尤指）结局悲惨的
  not lucky and ending sadly, especially in death or failure
  1. an ill-fated expedition
     注定不会成功的探险

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 倒霉的;注定要倒霉的;注定没有好结果的
  If you describe something asill-fated, you mean that it ended or will end in an unsuccessful or unfortunate way.
  1. England's footballers are back home after their ill-fated trip to Algeria.
     英格兰足球队结束了倒霉的阿尔及利亚之行，回到了国内。

双语例句

• Through a smart bit of asset flipping, it was the only bank that profited from the ill-fated takeover of ABN Amro, a Dutch bank, in2007.
  2007年，桑坦德同许多公司一道收购了荷兰银行ABNAmro，并经明智的资产转手倒卖，成为保持盈利的一枝独秀。
• He received his substantial role in the1998 film The Man in the Iron Mask, where he played Raoul, the ill-fated son of John Malkovich's dueling Musketeer, Athos.
  在1998年的电影《铁面人》中，他扮演一个关键的角色Raoul，即与约翰·马尔科维奇决斗的火枪手Athos之子。
• England's footballers are back home after their ill-fated trip to Algeria.
  英格兰足球队结束了倒霉的阿尔及利亚之行，回到了国内。
• Alice recounted the story of her ill-fated boating expedition.
  艾丽斯叙述了她那次倒霉的乘船出游经历。
• The sprawling state-owned enterprise and Mr Palmer are embroiled in an increasingly acrimonious dispute over Sino Iron, the ill-fated venture that was already five times over budget before iron ore prices collapsed.
  庞大的国有企业中信与帕尔默围绕中澳铁矿（SinoIron）陷入了一场越来越激烈的纠纷，这个命运多舛的合资项目开发成本超出预算五倍，到头来却迎来铁矿石价格暴跌的窘境。
• In his ill-fated grand bargain pitch to Mr Boehner to avert the debt crisis, Mr Obama bent over backwards to accommodate Republicans and was humiliated.
  为避免债务危机，奥巴马曾向博纳提出了注定要失败的大妥协方案，竭力迎合共和党人，却受到了羞辱。
• "So this romance was an empty dream, a chance encounter between an ill-fated young couple."
  “这正是梦幻情缘，恰遇一对薄命儿女。”
• If the answer is no for even one of these questions, the collaboration could be ill-fated.
  如果这其中任何一个问题的答案是否定的，那么这个合作将注定失败。
• Politics might have followed next; but I was not so ill-fated.
  政治有可能在明年之后，但我并不这么失事。
• On the other hand, previous operating systems ( such as the ill-fated Palm OS) failed to disrupt an apparent duopoly.
  另一方面，之前一些昙花一现的操作系统（如命运多舛的PalmOS）也没能打破iOS和安卓的双头垄断。