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hard-luck story
noun[ C ]
informaldisapprovinguk /ˌhɑːdˈlʌk ˌstɔː.ri/ us /ˌhɑːrdˈlʌk ˌstɔːr.i/
a story or piece of information that someone tells you or writes about himself or herself, intended to make you feel sympathy for that person: （为博得他人同情而诉说的）不幸的遭遇，辛酸的经历
She came out with some hard-luck story about never having been loved by her mother.她诉说了自己从未得到过母爱的不幸遭遇。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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anti-narrative
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lore
misdescription
rundown
running commentaryphrase
scenario
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write something up
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