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TOEFL BNC: 2626 COCA: 2703

fortune

fortune /ˈfoɚtʃən/ noun
plural fortunes
fortune
/ˈfoɚtʃən/
noun
plural fortunes
Learner's definition of FORTUNE
[count] : a very large amount of money大笔的钱;巨款usually singular通常用单数
[noncount] somewhat formal : a great amount of money or possessions : wealth财富
[noncount] : something that happens by chance : luck运气
fortunes [plural] : the good and bad things that happen to someone运气;时运
[count] : the future that someone or something will have命运;未来
see also soldier of fortune
TOEFL BNC: 2626 COCA: 2703

fortune

1 of 2

noun

for·​tune ˈfȯr-chən How to pronounce fortune (audio)
1
a
: a very large sum of money
spent a fortune redecorating
b
: riches, wealth
a man of fortune
c
: a store of material possessions
the family fortune
2
a
: prosperity attained partly through luck : success
fortune attended the general's campaign
c
fortunes plural : the turns and courses of luck accompanying one's progress (as through life)
her fortunes varied but she never gave up
3
: destiny, fate
can tell your fortune
also : a prediction of fortune
4
often capitalized : a hypothetical force or personified power that unpredictably determines events and issues favorably or unfavorably
a country favored by fortune
5
obsolete : accident, incident

fortune

2 of 2

verb

fortuned; fortuning

transitive verb

1
obsolete : to give good or bad fortune to
2
archaic : to endow with a fortune

Synonyms

Noun

Example Sentences

Noun He hoped to achieve fame and fortune. They had the good fortune to escape injury when their car crashed. The book follows the fortunes of two families through the years.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Sullivan and her husband, a lawyer turned businessman who’d made a fortune in the telecom merger rush of the late 1990s, set out to find a good oncologist fast. Alicia Mundy, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022 Bethenny Frankel, the former Real Housewives of New York City star who made a fortune off of her Skinnygirl cocktail brand, just took a stance against excessive editing of social media photos for promoting unrealistic body images. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2022 There’s also the individual — a man who made a fortune from his frenzied toe-tapping and whose feet were famously once insured for $57.6 million — at the helm. Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Aug. 2022 Uruguayan fashion mogul Enrique Manhard, who made a fortune with a chain of clothing stores, and his partners have bought 27 lots in Miami since 2017, property records show. Konrad Putzier, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022 There’s no question that Trump has made a fortune on the place. Dan Alexander, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 It was built in 1998 for Steven Udvar-Hazy, a Hungarian billionaire who made a fortune in the airplane leasing industry. Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022 Rinke, whose family made a fortune selling GM and Toyota cars, was expected to outspend the other four Republican candidates after pouring about $10 million of his own money into the campaign. Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2022 Robson, whose husband made a fortune in developing retirement resort communities, has lent her campaign $13 million. Musadiq Bidar, CBS News, 22 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin fortuna; akin to Latin fort-, fors chance, luck, and perhaps to ferre to carry — more at bear

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of fortune was in the 14th century
TOEFL BNC: 2626 COCA: 2703
fortune

noun¹

1luck運氣ADJECTIVE | ... OF FORTUNE | VERB + FORTUNE | FORTUNE + VERB | PHRASES ADJECTIVEgood好運氣bad, ill壞運氣;厄運... OF FORTUNEpiece, stroke一點兒運氣By a stroke of good fortune, Steven was still in his office.幸運的是,史蒂文還在辦公室。VERB + FORTUNEhave有好運bring (sb)(給某人)帶來好運A horseshoe nailed to your door is supposed to bring good fortune.門上釘上馬蹄鐵被認為會帶來好運。FORTUNE + VERBbe on sb's side, favour/favor sb, smile on sb命運之神站在某人一邊;好運眷顧某人;命運之神向某人微笑For once, fortune was on our side: the weather improved in time for the game.這一次好運終於眷顧了我們:比賽前天氣及時好轉。Fortune smiled on me that day (= I had good fortune).那天我交了好運。PHRASESas good fortune would have it交好運As good fortune would have it, a bus came along just when I needed it.真是幸運,公共汽車正好在我需要的時候來了。a change in fortune, a change of fortune轉運All we can do is hope for a change in fortune.我們只有期待時來運轉了。have the good fortune to do sth擁有做⋯的幸運I had the good fortune to work with people I liked.我真幸運,可以和我喜歡的人一起工作。
fortune

noun²

2fortunes what happens to sb/sth際遇ADJECTIVE | VERB + FORTUNES | FORTUNES + VERB | PHRASES ADJECTIVEdeclining, flagging不濟的時運changing, fluctuating, mixed變化着的/起伏不定的/好壞交織的運氣a year of mixed fortunes for the company公司有起有伏的一年economic, electoral, political經濟/選舉/政治命運VERB + FORTUNESboost, improve, revive改善際遇;扭轉命運The party still hopes to revive its flagging electoral fortunes.這個政黨仍然希望扭轉它不濟的選舉時運。reverse逆轉命運follow跟隨命運fans who follow the fortunes of their chosen team與自己選擇的球隊共命運的球迷FORTUNES + VERBchange, fluctuate (especially BrE) 命運變化/跌宕起伏A company's fortunes can change overnight.一個公司的命運可以在一夜之間改變。improve, rise時運上升decline, fall時運下跌as the country's fortunes rose and fell隨着國家命運的跌宕起伏PHRASESa reversal of fortune, a reversal of fortunes (especially BrE) 命運的逆轉The company suffered a reversal of fortune when public taste changed.由於公眾口味的改變,這個公司大倒其運。
fortune

noun³

3what is going to happen to sb in the future未來將發生的事VERB + FORTUNE | FORTUNE + NOUN VERB + FORTUNEread, tell算命They went to have their fortunes read.他們去找人算命。FORTUNE + NOUNteller, telling算命者;算命
fortune

noun⁴

4very large amount of money大量錢財ADJECTIVE | VERB + FORTUNE | FORTUNE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEconsiderable, enormous, great, immense, large, substantial, vast大筆的錢;巨款;巨額財產small (= quite large) 相當多的錢Rebuilding the house must have cost a small fortune.重建這座房子一定花掉了不小數目的錢。family, personal家庭/個人財產VERB + FORTUNEaccumulate, acquire, amass, build, build up, earn, make, win積累財富;獲得財富;聚集財富;積聚財富;掙得財富;發財;贏得財富inherit繼承財產leave (sb)(給某人)留下財產Her aunt died and left her a fortune.她的姨母去世了,給她留下了一筆財產。lose, squander失去/揮霍財產He lost his fortune in the crash of 1929.他在 1929 年股票市場崩盤時賠上了財產。She squandered the family fortune.她揮霍了家產。find, seek找到/尋找發財機會They went to seek their fortune in the city.他們到城裏尋找發財機會。be worth值一大筆錢Some of those old toys are worth a fortune now.那些舊玩具中有一些現在值很大一筆錢。cost要花一大筆錢pay, spend支付/花費一大筆錢She spends a fortune on clothes!她在衣服上花錢很多!FORTUNE + NOUNhunter (= a person who tries to become rich by marrying sb with a lot of money) 財富獵人PREPOSITIONfortune from來自⋯的錢財He built his fortune from breeding horses.他靠養馬積累了財富。fortune in在⋯中得到的錢財She made a fortune in the property boom.她在房地產大熱的時候發了財。fortune on以⋯得到的錢財They sold their house at the right time and made a fortune on it.他們在適當的時候賣掉房子,發了一大筆財。fortune out從⋯中得到的錢財He has amassed a considerable fortune out of trading shares.他靠股票交易積聚了很大一筆財富。PHRASESfame and fortune名利They went to America in search of fame and fortune.他們到美國去追名尋利。heir to a fortune, heiress to a fortune財產繼承人He was sole heir to the family fortune.他是家庭財產的唯一繼承人。

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