[mass noun]chance or luck as an external, arbitrary force affecting human affairs
命运,运气
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some malicious act of fortune keeps them separate. 某种厄运使他们分离。
luck, especially good luck
运气;好运
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this astounding piece of good fortune that has befallen me. 降临在我身上的这种惊人好运。
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时运
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he is credited with turning round the company's fortunes. 人们将公司时运的扭转归功于他。
a large amount of money or assets
大笔的钱;大量财产
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he eventually inherited a substantial fortune. 他最终继承了一大笔财产。
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〈非正式〉 惊人高价;出格巨款
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I spent a fortune on drink and drugs. 我在酒和毒品上花了大笔钱。
(trademark in the US)an annual list of the five hundred most profitable US industrial corporations
(美国商标)《财富》500强。
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fortune favours the brave proverb a successful person is often one who is willing to take risks 〈谚〉 勇者事竟成 -
the fortunes of war the unpredictable, haphazard events of war 战事多险变 -
make a (或one's )fortune acquire great wealth by one's own efforts 发财,发迹 -
a small fortune informal a large amount of money 〈非正式〉 一大笔钱 -
tell someone's fortune make predictions about a person's future by palmistry, using a crystal ball, or similar divining methods 算命
"Middle English: via Old French from Latin