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Ill-starred is a literary, slightly old-fashioned word for people, love, trips, or plans that seem born to go wrong — unlucky, and likely to bring a lot of trouble or sadness. It comes from the old idea that the stars you are born under shape your luck: an “ill star” meant a bad fate.
Ill-starred is a literary, slightly old-fashioned wordIll-starred是一個文學性、有點老派的字 for people, love, trips, or plans that seem born to go wrong用來形容那種好像天生註定會出錯的人、愛情、旅程或計畫 unlucky, and likely to bring a lot of trouble or sadness不幸的、而且很可能帶來很多麻煩或悲傷。It comes from the old idea that the stars you are born under shape your luck它來自一個古老的想法：你出生時的星象決定了你的運氣 an "ill star" meant a bad fate"ill star"(凶星)指的就是不好的命運
Writers use it for doomed love, doomed journeys, doomed businesses. You will almost never hear it in a shop; you will meet it in novels, film reviews, and school literature.
Writers use it for doomed love, doomed journeys, doomed businesses作家會用它來形容注定失敗的愛情、注定失敗的旅程、注定失敗的事業。You will almost never hear it in a shop你幾乎不會在店裡聽到這個字 you will meet it in novels, film reviews, and school literature你會在小說、影評、和學校的文學課裡遇到它
Though actually, it does not mean the person is a “star” (a famous person), and it does not mean they are sick. Everyday English prefers “unlucky” or “doomed”; this word keeps a storybook taste.
Though actually, it does not mean the person is a "star" (a famous person)不過其實它不是說這個人是「star」(明星、名人) and it does not mean they are sick也不是說他們生病了。Everyday English prefers "unlucky" or "doomed"日常英文比較常用"unlucky"(倒楣)或"doomed"(注定失敗) this word keeps a storybook taste這個字保留了一種故事書般的味道
組成ill (bad) + starred (marked by the stars). The picture is luck written in the stars, not Hollywood stars.
同家族的字
- star-crossedsame old idea: the stars of fate are against you
- ill-fatedsame “ill-” of bad luck, with “fate” instead of stars
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
ill-starredadj
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Doomed to a bad fate; hapless.
- "Do not name it!" answered he, passionately. "God forgive me! I cannot yet bear its name. But for its ill-starred birth, Henriette might now be living. What is there in that unconscious infant to replace its mother?"
- […] it appears the possibility of the ill-starred Uxbridge-Rickmansworth rail link being built is now bound up with post-war planning. [it was never built]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。