Fortuitous
[fɔː'tjuːɪtəs] or [fɔr'tuɪtəs]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) occurring by happy chance; 'profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials' .
加勒特錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
凯瑟琳編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Accidental, casual, contingent, incidental, happening by chance.
布鲁诺錄入
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Accidental, undesigned
ANT:Designed, purposed
克劳迪娅手打
解釋/意思:
adj. happening by chance.—ns. Fortū′itism; Fortū′itist.—adv. Fortū′itously.—ns. Fortū′itousness Fortū′ity.
整理:雪麗
例句/造句/用法:
- If he followed it by mere fortuitous coincidence, it was done by an evil chance. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Was it love, she wondered, or a mere fortuitous combination of happy thoughts and sensations? 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
整理:雪麗