| 单词 | fortune |
| 释义 | fortunefortune /ˈfɔrtʃən/ ●●○ W3 noun 1MONEY [countable] a very large amount of money: To a four-year-old, $10 seems like a fortune. Julia must have spent a fortune on her wedding dress. A car like that costs a fortune. His family made a fortune (=earned a lot of money) in railroads. His Senate campaign was financed by his personal fortune. The painting is now worth a fortune. Mrs. Foy made a small fortune (=a lot of money, but not a very large amount) buying and selling real estate.2CHANCE [uncountable] chance or luck, and the good or bad effect that it has on your life: It was useless to struggle against fortune. Elizabeth told me of their good fortune. I consider myself privileged to have had the fortune to know him. She felt that not stopping to pray was to risk bad fortune.3WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU [countable usually plural] the good or bad things that happen in life: This defeat marked a change in the team’s fortunes.sinking/declining/slumping fortunes the company’s declining fortunes The young soldier, once full of life, is now destroyed by the fortunes of war (=the things that can happen during a war).4somebody’s fortune [countable, uncountable] what is supposed to happen to someone in the future SYN destiny: A woman at the fair was telling people’s fortunes (=using special cards or looking at people’s hands to tell them what will happen to them).5fortune smiles on something/somebody literary used to say that someone or something is lucky[Origin: 1200–1300 French, Latin fortuna] → see also fame and fortune at fame, seek your fortune at seek (5), soldier of fortune |
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