| 单词 | fortune |
| 释义 | fortune (once / 26 pages) n A fortune can be a large amount of money, and fortune is a form of fate. So you want to have the good fortune to make a fortune during your career. Fortuna was the Roman goddess of fate and luck. She was sometimes depicted with a wheel, and the random spinning of her "wheel of fortune" became a symbol for the unpredictability of fate (and, much later, the title of a popular game show). A fortune teller can look into her crystal ball or tarot cards and predict your future. But her predictions are probably about as accurate as the "prophecy" that comes inside your fortune cookie. WORD FAMILYfortune: fortunate, fortunes, misfortune+/fortunate: fortunately, fortunatest, misfortunate, unfortunate/misfortunate: misfortunately/misfortune: misfortunes/unfortunate: unfortunately, unfortunates USAGE EXAMPLESMy point isn’t that we spend hours or a fortune in the kitchen, just that we adopt an old-fashioned approach where we avoid processed food. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) One of the pillars of Mr. Trump’s campaign was his intention to revive the fortunes of the coal industry through support of so-called clean coal. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Worst spark: Would Foster’s timely deflection be the play that turned Washington’s fortunes around? Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) 1n your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) whatever my fortune may be Syn|Hypo|Hyper circumstances, destiny, fate, lot, luck, portion good fortune, good luck, luckiness an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes providencea manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures bad luck, ill luck, misfortune, tough luckan unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes failurelack of success prosperity, successfulnessthe condition of prospering; having good fortune blessing, boona desirable state weaknessthe condition of being financially weak adversity, hard knocks, hardshipa state of misfortune or affliction gutter, sewer, toiletmisfortune resulting in lost effort or money hard cheesebad luck bankruptcya state of complete lack of some abstract property bank failurethe inability of a bank to meet its credit obligations crop failurethe failure of crops to produce a marketable surplus dead ducksomething doomed to failure condition a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing 2n an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another Syn|Hypo|Hyper chance, hazard, luck bad luck, mischance, mishap an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate even chance, toss-up, tossupan unpredictable phenomenon phenomenon any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning 3n an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome it was as if fortune guided his hand Syn|Hypo|Hyper luck fluke, good fortune, good luck a stroke of luck serendipitygood luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries phenomenon any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning 4n a large amount of wealth or prosperity Hyper hoarded wealth, treasure accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc. |
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