unfortunately
UK/ʌnˈfɔːtʃənətli/US/ʌn'fɔ:tjjnәtli/
NGSL 2kTOEFL高考四级六级考研A2
释义
adv.
By bad luck; used to introduce something sad or regrettable.
不幸地,遗憾地;(引出坏消息或遗憾)
词根拆分
词根派生un-不,逆转
+
fortunate偶然,财富
+
-ly使成为,具有
=unfortunately
un-(不)+ fortunate + -ly = 不幸地。最常作句子副词,用来缓和或引出坏消息:Unfortunately, the show is sold out(很遗憾,演出票售罄了)。
常用搭配
- 1.unfortunately for对……来说不幸
- 2.unfortunately, ...遗憾的是……
例句
- 1.
Unfortunately, the show was cancelled at the last minute.
很遗憾,演出在最后一刻被取消了。
- 2.
I'd love to come, but unfortunately I'm already booked.
我很想来,但遗憾的是我已经有安排了。