an account of one's problems intended to gain someone else's sympathy or help
(意在求助或博得他人同情的)诉说,诉苦。
n. 诉说;诉苦
Tony why he was late to work and he told me some hard-luck story about having to take his mother's ageing pet poodle to the vet because it had swallowed a chicken bone.
我问托尼为什么上班迟到。他告诉我他碰到了倒霉事,他母亲那条宝贝的长卷毛狗因为咽下了一根鸡骨头,他只得送它去看兽医。
They live to think of themselves as tough-minded business men, yet they are push-overs for any hard luck story.
他们向来把自己想成硬心肠的商人,可是任何不幸的故事都会使他们受骗。
Who can resist a kid with a hard luck story?
谁能拒绝一个有着倒霉往事的小孩?
an account of one's problems intended to gain someone else's sympathy or help
(意在求助或博得他人同情的)诉说,诉苦。