fortune
fortune
noun
fortune favours the brave
noun
- [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。 - 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。
fortune favours the brave
- (proverb)a successful person is often one who is willing to take risks
(谚)勇者胜出
- the unpredictable, haphazard events of war
战事多险变
- acquire great wealth by one's own efforts
发财，发迹
- (informal)a large amount of money
(非正式)一大笔钱
- make predictions about a person's future by palmistry, using a crystal ball, or similar divining methods
算命
- Middle English: via Old French from Latin Fortuna, the name of a goddess personifying luck or chance
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