fortuitous
fortuitous
[fɔːˈtjuːɪtəs]
adjective
fortuitously
adverb
fortuitousness
noun
语源
[fɔːˈtjuːɪtəs]
adjective
- happening by accident or chance rather than design
偶然的；偶然发生的
the similarity between the paintings may not be simply fortuitous.
两幅画的相似可能并非纯属偶然。
■(informal)happening by a lucky chance; fortunate
(非正式)幸运发生的；幸运的
from a cash standpoint, the company's timing is fortuitous.
从现金角度看，这公司的时间选择是幸运的。
fortuitously
adverb
fortuitousness
noun
语源
- mid 17th cent.: from Latin fortuitus, from forte 'by chance', from fors 'chance, luck'
- The traditional, etymological meaning of fortuitous is ‘happening by chance’: a fortuitous meeting is a chance meeting, which might turn out to be either a good thing or a bad thing. In modern uses, however, fortuitous tends to be often used to refer only to fortunate outcomes and the word has become more or less a synonym for ‘lucky’ or ‘fortunate’ This use is frowned upon as being not etymologically correct and is best avoided except in informal contexts
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