fortune

[英] [ˈfɔ:tʃən] [美] [ˈfɔrtʃən] 生词本

n.

vt.

vi.

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1. N-COUNT 大笔的钱;巨款 You can refer to a large sum of money as afortune or a small fortune to emphasize how large it is. 
  • We had to eat out all the time. It ended up costing a fortune...

    我们不得不总在外面吃饭,结果花了很多钱。

  • He made a small fortune in the London property boom.

    他在伦敦房产升温的时候发了一笔小财。

2. N-COUNT 财富;财产 Someone who has a fortune has a very large amount of money. 
  • He made his fortune in car sales...

    他靠卖车发了财。

  • Having spent his rich wife's fortune, the Major ended up in a debtors' prison.

    花光了他有钱老婆的财产之后,这位少校最后被关进了债务人监狱。

3. N-UNCOUNT 运气;机遇 Fortune or good fortune is good luck. Ill fortune is bad luck. 
  • Government ministers are starting to wonder how long their good fortune can last.

    政府部长们开始怀疑他们的好运还能够持续多久。

4. N-PLURAL 时运;运势 If you talk about someone's fortunes or the fortunes of something, you are talking about the extent to which they are doing well or being successful. 
  • The electoral fortunes of the Liberal Democratic party may decline...

    自由民主党的选举运势可能会下降。

  • She kept up with the fortunes of the Reeves family...

    她一直关注着里夫斯家族的兴衰。

  • The company had to do something to reverse its sliding fortunes.

    这个公司不得不采取一些措施扭转下滑的运势。

5. N-UNCOUNT 运气;命运 If you talk about the way someone or something is treated by fortune, you are referring to the good or bad luck that they have. 
  • He is certainly being smiled on by fortune.

    现在他一定是得到了命运的垂青。

6. PHRASE 算命;算卦 When someone tells your fortune, they tell you what they think will happen to you in the future, which they say is shown, for example, by the lines on your hand. 
Noun

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

  • "bad luck caused his downfall"
  • "we ran into each other by pure chance"

2. a large amount of wealth or prosperity

3. an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome;

  • "it was my good luck to be there"
  • "they say luck is a lady"
  • "it was as if fortune guided his hand"

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

  • "whatever my fortune may be"
  • "deserved a better fate"
  • "has a happy lot"
  • "the luck of the Irish"
  • "a victim of circumstances"
  • "success that was her portion"

法律

  • 1.财产
1. A fortune-teller flimflamed her out of her savings.
一个算命的将她的积蓄骗光了。

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2. After this concert she was firmly on the road to fame and fortune.
这次音乐会后,她已稳步踏上了名利双收的道路。

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3. All these stoppages are costing the company a fortune.
所有这些罢工事件使公司损失了一大笔财富。

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4. And when will you make your fortune and build a foreign-style house?
你什么时候发财也盖上洋房呢?

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5. At 25 he inherited a fortune and become a multimillionaire.
25岁时,他继承了一大笔财产,成了千万富翁。

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6. Brooks was roughly awoken from his dream of making a fortune when his partner decamped with $100,000.
当他的合伙人卷走了10万美元,布鲁克斯才从发财梦中猛然惊醒。

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7. By a stroke of fortune, he won the competition.
他靠运气在竞赛中获胜了。

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8. Fortune favo(u)rs the brave.
[谚]天助勇者。

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9. Fortune has not always smiled upon me.
幸运之神并不一直向我微笑。

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10. Fortune has rarely smiled on me.
幸运几乎对我无缘。

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11. Fortune is a giver and a taker.
命运是赐予者,也是掠夺者。

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12. Fortune smiled on us.
命运之神向我们露出了笑脸。

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13. He came into a large fortune when his rich uncle died.
有钱的叔父死后,他继承了一大笔财产。

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14. He dissipated the family fortune in only a few years of wild living.
他仅仅几年的放荡生活就把家产挥霍尽了。

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15. He gambled away all his fortune.
他赌博输掉了全部财产。

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16. He gave away most of his fortune to the poor.
他把他的大部分财产都送给了穷人。

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17. He has gambled away half his fortune.
他赌博输掉了他一半的财产。

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18. He has managed to retain most of his fortune.
他设法保存了他的大部分财产。

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19. He has sunk half his fortune into a new business undertaking.
他已把一半财产投资于一个新企业。

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20. He inherited a large fortune from his father.
他从父亲那里继承了一大笔财产。

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