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单词 fortuity
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Definition of fortuity in English:

fortuity

nounPlural fortuities fɔːˈtjuːɪtifôrˈto͞oədē
  • 1A chance occurrence.

    偶然事件,意外

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The meeting of Baryshnikov and Judson was, it seems, a fortuity waiting to happen.
    • Then identically situated litigants would receive different treatment based upon the fortuity of whether their case appeared before a state or federal judge.
    • Insurance is the purchase of an indemnity against the risk of loss caused by a fortuity.
    • Yet I also know that, for my own peace of mind, I can't keep relying on such stunning fortuities.
    • Through one of those fortuities that illumine the paths of even the dull-witted, I stumbled upon Henry George.
    • The public cannot be expected to confine its scrutiny of the Utah legal profession to the fortuities of state boundaries.
    • Therefore there are no fortuities in my paintings.
    • Stowe said she enjoys the fortuities and possibilities her job provides.
    • It may well be that the words were the fortuitous effect of wind, but the message they convey is clear, and I think our subjects would not gamble on the fortuity.
    • The alchemy of the different charismata of important personages, now forgotten, of the effects of traumatic events, now fortuities of history, is there, but it is far from easy to sort out the genealogies and decipher the reasons.
    • To make the Act work that way makes the Act turn on a fortuity.
    • I have a particular interest in the economic relationship with China partly due to the fortuities of history.
    • But I don't know if the fact that you did not cause an explosion in your kitchen has to do with the boiling point of water or the fortuity that you used a can capable of withstanding the interior pressure of a liquid heated to that temperature.
    • She says, ‘My bet is this: to that early acceptance I owe the whole trail of professional fortuities that followed.’
    • It can be, in fact, something rather worse than a fortuity.
    Synonyms
    event, incident, occurrence, happening, development, phenomenon, thing, situation, circumstance, case, contingency, chance, likelihood, possibility, probability
    1. 1.1mass noun The state of being controlled by chance.
      偶然性,偶然
      Example sentencesExamples
      • These various proactive activities illustrate the agentic management of fortuity.
      • Enjoy your last full week in an oasis of fortuity.
      • How to characterise the element of fortuity in this context is not easy.
      • Heartz's study of fortuity is particularly intriguing.
      • In a later essay in 1980, I noted the major role of fortuity in civil rights gains and why those gains tended to be fleeting even when enunciated in terms of permanence.
      • But there is a lot of fortuity in the courses lives take.
      • But it was equally unpleasant to drift aimlessly through the blackness of space, all the while abiding either the fortuity of happening upon errant matter or the slow, foreordained approach of death.

Rhymes

acuity, ambiguity, annuity, assiduity, congruity, contiguity, continuity, exiguity, fatuity, gratuity, ingenuity, perpetuity, perspicuity, promiscuity, suety, superfluity, tenuity, vacuity

Definition of fortuity in US English:

fortuity

nounfôrˈto͞oədē
  • 1A chance occurrence.

    偶然事件,意外

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It can be, in fact, something rather worse than a fortuity.
    • The public cannot be expected to confine its scrutiny of the Utah legal profession to the fortuities of state boundaries.
    • Yet I also know that, for my own peace of mind, I can't keep relying on such stunning fortuities.
    • The alchemy of the different charismata of important personages, now forgotten, of the effects of traumatic events, now fortuities of history, is there, but it is far from easy to sort out the genealogies and decipher the reasons.
    • Therefore there are no fortuities in my paintings.
    • Through one of those fortuities that illumine the paths of even the dull-witted, I stumbled upon Henry George.
    • Insurance is the purchase of an indemnity against the risk of loss caused by a fortuity.
    • I have a particular interest in the economic relationship with China partly due to the fortuities of history.
    • But I don't know if the fact that you did not cause an explosion in your kitchen has to do with the boiling point of water or the fortuity that you used a can capable of withstanding the interior pressure of a liquid heated to that temperature.
    • The meeting of Baryshnikov and Judson was, it seems, a fortuity waiting to happen.
    • She says, ‘My bet is this: to that early acceptance I owe the whole trail of professional fortuities that followed.’
    • Then identically situated litigants would receive different treatment based upon the fortuity of whether their case appeared before a state or federal judge.
    • To make the Act work that way makes the Act turn on a fortuity.
    • Stowe said she enjoys the fortuities and possibilities her job provides.
    • It may well be that the words were the fortuitous effect of wind, but the message they convey is clear, and I think our subjects would not gamble on the fortuity.
    Synonyms
    event, incident, occurrence, happening, development, phenomenon, thing, situation, circumstance, case, contingency, chance, likelihood, possibility, probability
    1. 1.1 The state of being controlled by chance rather than design.
      偶然性,偶然
      Example sentencesExamples
      • How to characterise the element of fortuity in this context is not easy.
      • But there is a lot of fortuity in the courses lives take.
      • But it was equally unpleasant to drift aimlessly through the blackness of space, all the while abiding either the fortuity of happening upon errant matter or the slow, foreordained approach of death.
      • In a later essay in 1980, I noted the major role of fortuity in civil rights gains and why those gains tended to be fleeting even when enunciated in terms of permanence.
      • Enjoy your last full week in an oasis of fortuity.
      • These various proactive activities illustrate the agentic management of fortuity.
      • Heartz's study of fortuity is particularly intriguing.
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