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/ʌnˈfɔːrtʃənətli/ · /ʌnˈfɔːtʃənətli/
Used when you say something that you wish were not true or that makes you sad.
不幸地／可惜
核心畫面
Unfortunately can be pictured as a small sigh you put before bad news — a signal to the listener that what comes next is something you wish were not so.
可以想成在說出壞消息前,先輕輕嘆一口氣:它是一個記號,提醒聽的人「接下來這件事,我自己也希望它不是真的」。
原始詞典資料2 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。
unfortunatelyadv/ʌnˈfɔː.tjʊ.nət.li/
- 1
Happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event.
- He unfortunately placed his hand on a loose brick.
- There were an unfortunately large number of misprints.
- 2
Used (as a parenthetical word, often a sentence adverb) to express disappointment, compassion, sorrow, regret, or grief.
- The houses which burned down could have been saved. Unfortunately, the fire truck had broken down on the way.
- Unfortunately, the uproar awoke Mr. Jones, who sprang out of bed, making sure that there was a fox in the yard.
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。