fortune

['fɔ:tʃən]

n.命运, 财产, 运气

例句与用法：

Everyone is the architect of his own fortune.

每个人都是自己命运的创造者。

He dreamed of making a fortune.

他梦想发大财。

These two brothers decided to go to America to try their fortunes.

这兄弟俩决定去美国碰碰运气。

词形变化：

动词过去式: fortuned | 动词过去分词: fortuned | 动词现在分词: fortuning | 动词第三人称单数: fortunes |

n.

1. 财产, 财富; 巨款[C][U]

He received a large fortune when his uncle died.

他在叔父去世时得到了一大笔财产。

2. 好运, 幸运[U][+to-v]

He did not deserve such fortune.

他不配得到这种好运气。

3. 时运[P1]

4. 命运[C]

She told my fortune by reading my palm.

她靠看手相给我算命。

5. (大写)命运女神[U]

vt.

【古】给予财富

vi.

【古】偶然发生; 碰巧[(+upon)]

短语词组：

a small fortune

1. 大笔钱

The house cost him a small fortune.

这幢房子花了他不少钱。

make a fortune

1. 发迹, 致富, 发财

He made a fortune in his youth.

他年轻时便已发迹。

seek one's fortune

1. 寻找发迹的机会

Many young people went to seek their fortune abroad.

许多年轻人去国外寻找成功的机会。

fortune

名词复数：fortunes

过去式：fortuned

过去分词：fortuned

现在进行时：fortuning

词形变化：

动词过去式: fortuned | 动词过去分词: fortuned | 动词现在分词: fortuning | 动词第三人称单数: fortunes |

同义词：

luck | chance | riches | wealth | destiny | fate | lot | treasure | prosperity | mint | affluence | opulence | providence | accident | kismet | karma | future | packet | bomb | success | pile | possession | plenty | purse | gold | circumstances | doom | hazard | portion |

反义词：

misfortune |

词义辨析：

同义:

n.财产, 财富

n.时运; 命运; 运气

同义参见:

反义:

n.好运; 幸运; 时运

fortune['fɔ:tʃən; -tʃu:n]n.1.■运气，侥幸，机遇2.■[常作复数](人生事件中的)时运，境遇，沉浮，沧桑3.■(某人的)命运，天数；算命4.■幸运，好运，成功，繁荣5.■富有，富裕；大量金钱(或财产)；巨富，豪富6.■(由财产决定的)身份，地位，宝贵的身份7.■[常作 F-]命运之神8.■[Ｆ-]《财富》(美国生活—时代出版公司出版的一份大型工商业月刊)9.■[古语]女财主，有钱的女人；女继承人10.■[废语](意外的)事件vt.1.■[古语]给…以大宗财富，为…提供大笔钱财，给…带来好运(或厄运)vi.1.■[古语、诗歌用语]偶然发生；碰巧，适逢a small fortune[口语]大笔钱，一笔巨款bad (或 ill) fortune坏运气by good fortune幸而come into a fortune继承一大笔钱Fortune's wheel命运；人生的变迁轮盘赌(赌博方式)give hostages to fortune听天由命有家室之累good fortune好运make a fortune发财致富make one's fortune发财发迹，在社会上获得地位marry a fortune和有钱的女人结婚push one's fortune(s)图发迹；设法提高自己的社会地位read someone's fortune给某人算命seek one's fortune(离家)寻找出路，寻找发迹机会tell one's fortune给某人算命tempt one's fortune (或 fate)碰运气，冒险蔑视命运the fortune(s) of war战争中的运气try one's fortune碰运气变形vt.fortunedfortuning

1. [mass noun]chance or luck as an external, arbitrary force affecting human affairs
   命运，运气
   some malicious act of fortune keeps them separate.
   某种厄运使他们分离。
   ■luck, especially good luck
   运气；好运
   this astounding piece of good fortune that has befallen me.
   降临在我身上的这种惊人好运。
   ■(fortunes)the success or failure of a person or enterprise over a period of time or in the course of a particular activity
   时运
   he is credited with turning round the company's fortunes.
   人们将公司时运的扭转归功于他。
   
2. a large amount of money or assets
   大笔的钱；大量财产
   he eventually inherited a substantial fortune.
   他最终继承了一大笔财产。
   ■(a fortune)(informal)a surprisingly high price or amount of money
   (非正式)惊人高价；出格巨款
   I spent a fortune on drink and drugs.
   我在酒和毒品上花了大笔钱。
   

1. (proverb)a successful person is often one who is willing to take risks
   (谚)勇者胜出
   

1. the unpredictable, haphazard events of war
   战事多险变
   

1. acquire great wealth by one's own efforts
   发财，发迹
   

1. (informal)a large amount of money
   (非正式)一大笔钱
   

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

1. Middle English: via Old French from Latin Fortuna, the name of a goddess personifying luck or chance
   

fortune

名词 fortune:

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

同义词：luck, chance, hazard

a large amount of wealth or prosperity

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome

同义词：luck

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

同义词：destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion

fortune

■An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune.

不良的婚姻是恶运的来源。

■He endowed the hospital with a large fortune.

他捐赠一笔巨款给这家医院。

■Fortune has not always smiled on him.

命运之神并非总是对他微笑。

■I had to lay out a fortune on that car.

我得为那辆汽车花上一大笔钱。

■His father bequeathed him a fortune.

他父亲给他留下了一笔遗产。

■I am enraptured with the stroke of good fortune.

我由于这一次的幸运而狂喜。

■He made a great fortune by fair means or foul.

他不择手段地发了一笔大财。

■Everyone is the architect of his own fortune.

每个人都是自己命运的创造者。

■He is quite content with his present fortune.

他对自己目前的境遇颇为得意。

■We got through a fortune while we were on holiday!

我们度假花了一大笔钱！

■He is planed to amass a fortune for a rainy day.

他正打算积蓄财富以备不时之需。

■Holly went to a fortune teller one night and had her fortune read.

霍莉有天晚上去找算命先生给她算了一命。

■I can not afford a small fortune.

我也花不起那么多钱。

■He went through a fortune in a year.

他在一年内就花光了一大笔钱财。

■By investing wisely she accumulated a fortune.

她由于投资精明而积蓄了一笔财产。

■It is doubtful whether he can read my fortune or not.

他能否算出我的运气还是个疑问。

■Fortune favours those who use their judgment.

[谚]智才天助。

■He came into a fortune when his father died.

他父亲死后，他继承了财产。

■He come in for a small fortune when his uncle died.

他叔叔死时，他得到一小笔产业。

■She came into a fortune when her uncle died.

她叔叔死後她继承了财产。

■The bad fortune of some people is good fortune to others.

一些人的厄运正是另一些人的好运。

■By selling when prices rose Henry cleaned up a big fortune.

亨利在涨价的时候卖出手头的货，发了一笔大财。

■The car cost me a small fortune.

这辆汽车花了我很多钱。

■He went to Australia and soon made a fortune.

他去了澳洲，很快就发了大财。

■They envy him his good fortune.

他们羡慕他的好运气。

■I hope that fortune may smile upon you.

我希望幸运之神会向你微笑。

■His eight sons largely inherited his fortune.

他的八个儿子继承了他的大部分遗产。

■He's got a fortune tucked away in a Swiss bank account.

他把一大笔钱存在瑞士银行里了。

■Henry came in for a large share of his father's fortune.

亨利获得了他父亲的一大笔遗产。

■He dreamed of making a fortune.

他梦想发大财。

■Be honest, you'll make a fortune out of the investment.

说实话，你会从此投资中发一笔财的。

■Francis dissipated his large fortune inherited from his grandfather in a few years.

弗朗西斯在几年里就把他从祖父那里继承下来的一大笔财产挥霍光了。

■He came here without friends or possessions and made his fortune.

他来时举目无亲、 身无长物，全凭白手起家。

■The greater part of his fortune was settled on his3 sons.

他的大部分财产授给了3个儿子。

■My divorce cost me a fortune and it took three years to get back on my feet.

我离婚破了财，结果花了3年时间才重新恢复起元气来。

■His money would bulk up to a fortune if he saved everything he could.

他如果尽量节约的话，就可以积累一笔钱财。

■You might as well advise me to give up my fortune as my argument.

你劝我停止辩论，倒不如劝我抛弃一切财产。

■He made a considerable fortune selling waste materials.

他靠卖废料发了大财。

■Her job's so cushy: she does next to nothing and earns a fortune.

她的工作真轻松: 几乎无所事事却能挣大钱。

■Carl had been from his childhood a ball of fortune to spurn at.

自从童年时起卡尔就一直是一个被命运跑踢来踢去的球，饱经沧桑。

■He cleaned up a small fortune.

他发了一笔小财。

■She inherited a large fortune.

她继承了一大笔财产。

■He soon dissipated his fortune.

他很快就把财产浪费光了。

■He is the only philanthropist I can think of who gave away his fortune with absolutely no strings binding its use.

他是我唯一能想到的把自己的钱财送人绝不附带任何条件的慈善家。

■She inherited a large fortune but with a string attached: the money was to be hers so long as she remained single.

她继承了一大笔财产，但有一个条件：钱财归她所有，但她得保持独身生活。

■So much for making their fortune in Canada! They came home again last month without a bean.

他们在加拿大发财原来不过如此！上个月他们又双手空空的回来了。

■He's a bit of a dark horse: he was earning a fortune, but nobody knew.

他可算是藏龙卧虎: 赚大钱，可谁也不知道。

■In fairy stories, the youngest son usually ventures forth to try to find his fortune.

神话故事中，最小的儿子总是勇敢地出发去寻找财富。

■In former times, if a gentleman married beneath him, he would lose his share of the family fortune.

在过去，有身份的男人如果同比自己身份低的人结婚，就会失去自己名下的那份家产。

■HE THAT hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; For they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.

成了家的人，可以说对命运之神付出了抵押品。因为家庭难免拖累事业，而无论这种事业的性质如何。

a small fortune

1. 大笔钱

The house cost him a small fortune.

这幢房子花了他不少钱。

make a fortune

1. 发迹, 致富, 发财

He made a fortune in his youth.

他年轻时便已发迹。

seek one's fortune

1. 寻找发迹的机会

Many young people went to seek their fortune abroad.

许多年轻人去国外寻找成功的机会。