fortune

英[ˈfɔːtʃuːn]美[ˈfɔːrtʃən]

n.大笔的钱，时运，运气，命运；

复数：fortunes;

第三人称单数：fortunes;

过去式：fortuned;

过去分词：fortuned;

现在分词：fortuning;

例句

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

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。

He rolled up a huge fortune.他积累起大笔财产。

He lashed out half his fortune on his daughter's wedding.他大手笔地拿出一半财产给女儿办婚事。

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。

He ventured his fortune in a speculation.他拿他的大宗财产做投机生意。

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。

His fortune has swollen during the war.他的财产在战争期间大为增加。

They claimed that he had inflicted bad fortune on them through evil magic.他们声称他运用了恶*的魔法使他们遭受不幸。

One lucky venture made his fortune.一次幸运的机会使他发了财。

英语六级真题

So what factors, at the community level, do predict if poor children will move up the economic ladder as adults? What explains, for instance, why the Salt Lake City metro area is one of the 100 largest metropolitan areas most likely to lift the fortunes of the poor and the Atlanta metro area is one of the least likely?Harvard economist Raj Chetty has pointed to economic and racial segregation, community density, the size of a community's middle class, the quality of schools, community religiosity, and family structure, which he calls the single strongest correlate of upward mobility.

This sounds like so much hot air, but the near $13 billion fortune this entrepreneur has amassed comes from practical achievements rather than hypothetical ones.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-COUNT

大笔的钱;巨款

You can refer to a large sum of money as a fortune or a small fortune to emphasize how large it is.

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N-COUNT

财富;财产

Someone who has a fortune has a very large amount of money.

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N-UNCOUNT

运气;机遇

Fortune or good fortune is good luck. Ill fortune is bad luck.

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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.

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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.

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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.

英汉词典释义

n.

机会, 运气, 转机

前途; 命运

事情, 转变; （个人、家庭、国家等的）发展变化的趋势, 命运, 际遇

庞大的财富, 财产, 大笔的钱, 巨款

侥幸，机遇

[常作复数](人生事件中的)时运，境遇，沉浮，沧桑

(某人的)命运，天数；算命

幸运，好运，成功，繁荣

富有，富裕；大量金钱(或财产)；巨富，豪富

(由财产决定的)身份，地位，宝贵的身份

[常作 F-]命运之神

[Ｆ-]《财富》(美国生活—时代出版公司出版的一份大型工商业月刊)

英英词典释义

Noun

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

2. a large amount of wealth or prosperity

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

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

行业词典

法律： 财产；