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单词 jinxed
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jinxedjinxed /dʒɪŋkst/ adjective Examples
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  • Having had a jinxed left back position it looks like we now have a jinxed central defender position!
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THESAURUS
having bad luck, or causing bad luck: · Matthews played well and was unlucky not to score.· Thirteen is an unlucky number.· We were unlucky with the weather. It rained almost every day.
unlucky because something bad happens to you that you do not deserve. Unfortunate sounds rather formal and is used mainly in writing: · He was very unfortunate to lose his job just after his wife had a baby.· the unfortunate victims of crime
if something is bad luck or brings bad luck, it is believed to make bad things happen: · It’s supposed to be bad luck to walk under a ladder.· Crows were thought to bring bad luck.
if something is jinxed, it seems to bring bad luck to everyone who is connected with it. If a person is jinxed, a lot of bad things happen to them and they seem very unlucky: · I’m beginning to think this house is jinxed.· Some people believed the family was jinxed.
Longman Language Activatorwhen someone is always unlucky
an unlucky person often has bad things happen to them or things often go wrong by chance for them, not because of bad planning, stupidity, or carelessness: · I don't believe anyone is born lucky or unlucky - life is what you make it.· Val's one of the unluckiest people I know - on Monday her car was stolen and the day after she fell and broke her arm.unlucky with: · He seems to be very unlucky with cars - every time he buys one it always has something wrong with it.unlucky in love: · I've never had a girlfriend more than a couple of months - I guess I'm just unlucky in love.
spoken say with my luck when you think something bad is going to happen to you, and you are not surprised because you think you are an unlucky person: · With my luck all the tickets will be sold by the time we get there.· I thought about buying a gun, but then I thought, with my luck, I'd probably end up shooting myself by accident.
spoken say just my luck when something bad has happened to you and you are not surprised because you think you are an unlucky person: · Married, is he? Just my luck.· Just my luck! The one vacation I take all year, and I have to get sick.
to be very unlucky, so that everything you do or get involved in seems to go wrong, often in a way that affects other people too: · This is the fifth company she's worked for that's gone bankrupt - she's jinxed.· The way the team kept losing, I was beginning to think I was some kind of a jinx.
often having bad luck, or making people have bad luck:  They seem to be jinxed when it comes to playing in the UK.
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