| 单词 | serendipity |
| 释义 | serendipityWord family nounserendipitistserendipityadjectiveserendipitousadverbserendipitously ser·en·dip·i·ty /ˌserənˈdɪpəti/ noun [uncountableU] literary LUCKYwhen interesting or valuable discoveries are made by accident 〔有趣或有价值事物的〕碰巧发现，机缘巧合 → luck Examples from the Corpus serendipity• To a large extent, luck and serendipity made us the kind of scientists we are, and brought us together.• Call it the ultimate advertising coup or simple serendipity.• Far from portraying the scientists as all-knowing seers, Hafner and Lyon show how their biggest advances came through serendipity.• Our lives had been turned over to serendipity.• What a delightful find - a true serendipity! (1700-1800) Serendip ancient name of Sri Lanka; because it was an ability possessed by the main characters in the old Persian story The Three Princes of Serendip |
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