hapless

读音

• /ˈhæplɪs/
• /ˈhæpləs/ US

释义

1. 非常不幸的

   My dear friend, are you to become that hapless kind of outcast, a champion of lost causes?

   1914, John Galsworthy, The Mob, act 1:

   The hapless squad, which was outscored 517-268 in 2008, became the first in league history to go 0-16.

   2008 December 31, Harriet Barovick, “Detroit The Lost Season”, in Time:

2. 可悲的，可怜的，无助的，悲惨的

3. 没有才能的

   Gideon Defoe scripted from his own series-launching comedic book The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, about the adventures of a hapless group of pirates known only by names like The Pirate With The Scarf, The Pirate With Gout, and in the case of their leader, The Pirate Captain.

   2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club: