fortune
🇬🇧 UK/'fɔːtʃuːn/🇺🇸 US/'fɒ:tʃәn/
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Definitions
n.
Luck or destiny, especially favorable; a large amount of wealth or money.
运气,命运;财富,巨款
v.
To happen or take place by chance.
碰巧发生
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.a vast fortune巨大的财富
- 2.a considerable fortune相当的财富
- 3.fortune awaits财运来临
- 4.fortune favours幸运青睐
- 5.ill fortune厄运
Example Sentences
- 1.
He made a fortune in the tech industry.
- 2.
He inherited a vast fortune from his grandfather and never had to work again.
- 3.
The fortune teller claimed she could predict people's futures by reading their palms.
- 4.
It was sheer fortune that we avoided the traffic jam by taking a different route.