Fortuitous
[fɔː'tjuːɪtəs] or [fɔr'tuɪtəs]
解释:
(adj.) occurring by happy chance; 'profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials' .
加勒特录入--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous concourse of atoms.
(a.) Happening independently of human will or means of foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes.
凯瑟琳编辑
同义词及近义词:
a. Accidental, casual, contingent, incidental, happening by chance.
布鲁诺录入
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Accidental, undesigned
ANT:Designed, purposed
克劳迪娅手打
解释:
adj. happening by chance.—ns. Fortū′itism; Fortū′itist.—adv. Fortū′itously.—ns. Fortū′itousness Fortū′ity.
整理:雪莉
例句:
- If he followed it by mere fortuitous coincidence, it was done by an evil chance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- To some extent there has been a popular notion that many of Edison's successes have been due to mere dumb fool luck--to blind, fortuitous happenings. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Was it love, she wondered, or a mere fortuitous combination of happy thoughts and sensations? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
整理:雪莉