首页英语词典fortunefortune的意思

fortune

英 ['fɔːtʃuːn; -tʃ(ə)n] 美['fɔrtʃən]

英英释义同义词辨析词组搭配考试真题实用场景例句

近义词chance destiny fate luck lot

反义词

n. 财富；命运；运气
vt. 给予财富
vi. 偶然发生
n. (Fortune)人名；(英)福琼；(法)福蒂纳

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词态变化

复数: fortunes;第三人称单数: fortunes;过去式: fortuned;过去分词: fortuned;现在分词: fortuning;

中文词源

fortune 运气，财富

来自拉丁语fortuna, 运气，机会，来自PIE*bher, 带来，词源同bring, infer. 引申词义财富。

英英释意

1. an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another;: "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"

2. a large amount of wealth or prosperity

3. an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome;: "it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand"

4. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you);: "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"

英文词源

fortune: fortune: [13] Latin fors meant ‘chance’ (it came ultimately from Indo-European *bhrtis, a derivative of the same base as produced English bear ‘carry’, and hence signified etymologically ‘that which fate brings along’). Formed from fors was fortuna, which was used both for the personification of ‘chance’ as a goddess, and for ‘luck’ in general – and in particular for ‘good luck’.

The notion of ‘good luck’ persists in most of the word’s modern descendants, including English fortune (acquired via Old French fortune) and fortunate [14], although Italian fortunale has opted for the downside of ‘luck’ – it means ‘storm at sea’. Another derivative of Latin fors was the adjective fortuitus ‘happening by chance’, from which English gets fortuitous [17].
=> bear, fortuitous
fortune (n.): c. 1300, "chance, luck as a force in human affairs," from Old French fortune "lot, good fortune, misfortune" (12c.), from Latin fortuna "chance, fate, good luck," from fors (genitive fortis) "chance, luck," possibly ultimately from PIE root *bher- (1) "to carry" (see infer). If so, the sense might be "that which is brought."

Sense of "owned wealth" is first found in Spenser; probably it evolved from senses of "one's condition or standing in life," hence "position as determined by wealth," then "wealth, large estate" itself. Often personified as a goddess; her wheel betokens vicissitude. Soldier of fortune first attested 1660s. Fortune 500 "most profitable American companies" is 1955, from the list published annually in "Fortune" magazine. Fortune-hunter "one who seeks to marry for wealth" is from 1680s.

同义词辨析

destiny, fate, lot, doom, luck, fortune

这些名词均有"命运，运气"之意。

destiny：普通用词，侧重预先注定的命运，对未来命运的美好憧憬。

fate：较庄严用词，多指不幸的命运，暗示不可避免，令人畏惧和人的意志无法改变，宿命论色彩较浓。

lot：多指偶然的运气或终身遭受的不幸命运。

doom：指最终的，常常是灾难性或毁灭性的命运，隐含不可避免的意味。

luck：普通日常用词，指好的或坏的运气，尤多指好运气，有时也指成功或愉快的结局。

fortune：普通用词，指由机会或运气来决定的一种命运，如暗示一种比fate好的运气或一种愉快的未来。

考试真题

She inherited a big fortune from her father.

She made a big fortune from wise investment

I felt like it was a small fortune, even though it wasn't.

Never afraid to talk up his own accomplishments, a boastful Careme made a fortune as wealthy families with social ambitions invited him to their kitchens.

So what factors, at the community level, do predict if poor children will move up the economic ladder as adults? What explains, for instance, why the Salt Lake City metro area is one of the 100 largest metropolitan areas most likely to lift the fortunes of the poor and the Atlanta metro area is one of the least likely?Harvard economist Raj Chetty has pointed to economic and racial segregation, community density, the size of a community's middle class, the quality of schools, community religiosity, and family structure, which he calls the single strongest correlate of upward mobility.

This sounds like so much hot air, but the near $13 billion fortune this entrepreneur has amassed comes from practical achievements rather than hypothetical ones.

Gene was thrilled, thinking he would make his first fortune.

If she hopes her new-found fortune will yield lasting feelings of fulfillment, she could do worse than read Happy Money by Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton.

If you and I parachuted back to Fortune 500 companies in 1990, we would see much less frequent use of terms like journey, mission, passion.

Petrarch celebrated their greatness in conquering fortune and rising to the top.

词组搭配

fortune favours the brave

(proverb)a successful person is often one who is willing to take risks

(谚)勇者胜出

the fortunes of war

the unpredictable, haphazard events of war

战事多险变

make a (或 one's) fortune

acquire great wealth by one's own efforts

发财，发迹

a small fortune

(informal)a large amount of money

(非正式)一大笔钱

tell someone's fortune

make predictions about a person's future by palmistry, using a crystal ball, or similar divining methods

算命

实用场景例句

She is hoping her US debut will be the first step on the road to fame and fortune .: 她希望她在美国的首次演出将是她走上名利双收之路的第一步。

That ring must be worth a fortune .: 那枚戒指肯定要值好多钱。

the changing fortunes of the film industry: 电影业的变迁

the fortunes of war: 战争的局势

a reversal of fortune(s): 命运的扭转

She can tell your fortune by looking at the lines on your hand.: 她可凭看手纹替你算命。

A car like that costs a small fortune .: 像这样的轿车要花一大笔钱。

You don't have to spend a fortune to give your family tasty, healthy meals.: 让家里人吃味道好又健康的餐食并不需要花许多钱。

He made a fortune in real estate.: 他在房地产上发了财。

She inherited a share of the family fortune.: 她继承了家庭的一份财产。

Fortune smiled on me (= I had good luck) .: 我交了好运。

By a stroke of fortune he found work almost immediately.: 他运气好，几乎立刻找到了工作。

I have had the good fortune to work with some brilliant directors.: 我有幸与一些卓越的主管人员共事。

He is certainly being smiled on by fortune.: 现在他一定是得到了命运的垂青。

She kept up with the fortunes of the Reeves family...: 她一直关注着里夫斯家族的兴衰。

The electoral fortunes of the Liberal Democratic party may decline...: 自由民主党的选举运势可能会下降。

Government ministers are starting to wonder how long their good fortune can last.: 政府部长们开始怀疑他们的好运还能够持续多久。

Having spent his rich wife's fortune, the Major ended up in a debtors' prison.: 花光了他有钱老婆的财产之后，这位少校最后被关进了债务人监狱。

He made his fortune in car sales...: 他靠卖车发了财。

He made a small fortune in the London property boom.: 他在伦敦房产升温的时候发了一笔小财。

We had to eat out all the time. It ended up costing a fortune...: 我们不得不总在外面吃饭，结果花了很多钱。

Application: mainly use to shave rust and oil paint.: 用途: 主要用来刮除铁锈和墙漆.

She has a fortune stashed away in various bank accounts.: 她在不同的银行账户上秘密储存了一大笔钱.

I guess he must be worth a small fortune.: 我猜想他一定有一大笔钱.

He has gambled away half his fortune.: 他赌博输掉了他一半的财产.

He rolled up a huge fortune.: 他积累起大笔财产.