fortune

英 ['fɔːtʃuːn; -tʃ(ə)n] 美['fɔrtʃən]

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.

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.

1. She built up her fortune by cannily playing the stock market.: 她炒股有方，发了大财。

4. Good fortune will follow you, both in this world and the next.: 无论今世还是来生，好运都会伴随你。

5. The late Earl passed on much of his fortune to his daughter.: 已故伯爵将他的大部分财产传给了女儿。