单词 | fortuitous |
释义 | fortuitousWord family nounfortuitismfortuitistfortuitousnessadverbfortuitouslyadjectivefortuitous for·tu·i·tous /fɔːˈtjuːɪtəs $ fɔːrˈtuː-/ adjectiveadj formal CHANCE/BY CHANCEhappening by chance, especially in a way that has a good result 偶然(发生)的;幸运的 The meeting with Jack was fortuitous. ► see thesaurus at lucky 遇到杰克是机缘巧合。 —fortuitously adverbadv Examples from the Corpus fortuitous• After all, the meeting with Jack was fortuitous.• Social scientists take it as axiomatic that our dally lives are not entirely fortuitous.• She was also helped by a fortuitous circumstance.• Ironically enough, his main field experience occurred as a fortuitous consequence of the First World War.• A fortuitous fire destroyed all evidence of his wrongdoing.• Keeping that gig proved fortuitous for Reynolds.• a fortuitous meeting• Now you can debate for ever the fortuitous terms of this loan.• Is this fortuitous timing or what? (1600-1700) Latin fortuitus, from fors “chance, luck” |
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