英语词汇“fortuitous”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Fortuitous means by chance, like a lucky accident. If you and your best friend's families happen to go on vacation to the same place at the same time, that’s a fortuitous coincidence!

Something fortuitous is random like an accident, but there’s no downside. A rock falling on your head is an accident, dollar bills falling on your head is fortuitous. The meaning of fortuitous is changing from "happening by chance" to "lucky chance" because people get it mixed up with fortunate. But watch out: If you say fortuitous to mean just plain lucky without the element of chance –– that's a usage error.

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

fortunate / fortuitous

Get our your lucky rabbit's foot! Fortunate is lucky, but fortuitous means by chance or accident. Silly rabbit, these words aren't the same.

Fortunate means having good fortune that you're born with or win somehow. You're fortunate if you're rich, good looking, and in love. Here are some examples full of fortunes:

Let's say you are fortunate enough to have a good job and some savings. (Business Week)

More fortunate refugees have been taken in by local families. (Reuters)

Fortuitous traditionally refers to something that happens by accident or chance — either good or bad. It descends from the Latin forte, meaning "by chance." People often use fortuitous to mean lucky because they want to sound fancy, but you don't have to be one of them. Let's stumble upon these fortuitous examples:

Meetings with other individuals in the course of foraging, basking, or seeking shelter, are fortuitous and have no social significance. (John M. Legler)

There are also fortuitous street finds, like the Eames lounge chairs he discovered near their apartment in Greenwich Village. (New York Times)

Fortuitous has also been used to mean fortunate for so long that the meaning is morphing. Fortuitous is still separate from fortunate, though — it's closer to serendipity. The usage guru Bryan A. Garner notes that this usage of fortuitous is at stage 3 in his Language Change Index: "the form becomes commonplace even among many well-educated people but is still avoided in careful usage."

Don't thank that rabbit foot for your being so fortunate; after all, it wasn't so lucky for the rabbit. But if you're superstitious, it's fortuitous that you found it right before you bought that lottery ticket.

WORD FAMILY

fortuitous: fortuitously, fortuitousness

USAGE EXAMPLES

And this is why the timing of “Jammin’ on the One” was fortuitous.

Slate(Dec 18, 2016)

In one, rectilinear streets divided the frame, but some rooftops also appeared to form, in a fortuitous counterpoint, a spiral—Lagos, self-organizing.

The New Yorker(Dec 11, 2016)

It is fortuitous and fortunate that Zapruder did not stop on his way home to drop off his film at the local drugstore for developing.

Washington Post(Dec 02, 2016)

1adj occurring by happy chance

profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials

Syn

fortunate

having unexpected good fortune

2adj having no cause or apparent cause

fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune

Syn

causeless, uncaused
unintended

not deliberate

单词	fortuitous
释义	fortuitous (once / 4825 pages) adj Fortuitous means by chance, like a lucky accident. If you and your best friend's families happen to go on vacation to the same place at the same time, that’s a fortuitous coincidence! Something fortuitous is random like an accident, but there’s no downside. A rock falling on your head is an accident, dollar bills falling on your head is fortuitous. The meaning of fortuitous is changing from "happening by chance" to "lucky chance" because people get it mixed up with fortunate. But watch out: If you say fortuitous to mean just plain lucky without the element of chance –– that's a usage error. CHOOSE YOUR WORDS fortunate / fortuitous Get our your lucky rabbit's foot! Fortunate is lucky, but fortuitous means by chance or accident. Silly rabbit, these words aren't the same. Fortunate means having good fortune that you're born with or win somehow. You're fortunate if you're rich, good looking, and in love. Here are some examples full of fortunes: Let's say you are fortunate enough to have a good job and some savings. (Business Week) More fortunate refugees have been taken in by local families. (Reuters) Fortuitous traditionally refers to something that happens by accident or chance — either good or bad. It descends from the Latin forte, meaning "by chance." People often use fortuitous to mean lucky because they want to sound fancy, but you don't have to be one of them. Let's stumble upon these fortuitous examples: Meetings with other individuals in the course of foraging, basking, or seeking shelter, are fortuitous and have no social significance. (John M. Legler) There are also fortuitous street finds, like the Eames lounge chairs he discovered near their apartment in Greenwich Village. (New York Times) Fortuitous has also been used to mean fortunate for so long that the meaning is morphing. Fortuitous is still separate from fortunate, though — it's closer to serendipity. The usage guru Bryan A. Garner notes that this usage of fortuitous is at stage 3 in his Language Change Index: "the form becomes commonplace even among many well-educated people but is still avoided in careful usage." Don't thank that rabbit foot for your being so fortunate; after all, it wasn't so lucky for the rabbit. But if you're superstitious, it's fortuitous that you found it right before you bought that lottery ticket. WORD FAMILY fortuitous: fortuitously, fortuitousness USAGE EXAMPLES And this is why the timing of “Jammin’ on the One” was fortuitous. Slate(Dec 18, 2016) In one, rectilinear streets divided the frame, but some rooftops also appeared to form, in a fortuitous counterpoint, a spiral—Lagos, self-organizing. The New Yorker(Dec 11, 2016) It is fortuitous and fortunate that Zapruder did not stop on his way home to drop off his film at the local drugstore for developing. Washington Post(Dec 02, 2016) 1adj occurring by happy chance profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials Syn fortunate having unexpected good fortune 2adj having no cause or apparent cause fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune Syn causeless, uncaused unintended not deliberate
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