fortuitous

英 [fɔːˈtjuːɪtəs]

美 [fɔːrˈtuːɪtəs]

adj.  偶然发生的; (尤指)巧合的

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BNC.18692 / COCA.19324

牛津词典

adj.

• 偶然发生的；（尤指）巧合的
  happening by chance, especially a lucky chance that brings a good result

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 偶然的;幸运的
  You can describe something asfortuitousif it happens, by chance, to be very successful or pleasant.
  1. Their success is the result of a fortuitous combination of circumstances.
     他们的成功是各种环境因素偶然联系在一起的幸运产物。

英英释义

adj

• occurring by happy chance
  1. profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials
• having no cause or apparent cause
  1. a causeless miracle
  2. fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune
  3. we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times
  Synonym:causelessuncaused

双语例句

• The collapse of its rivals brought fortuitous gains to the company.
  对手的崩溃给那家公司带来了意外的盈利。
• He was, by virtue of that fortuitous chance and opportunity which has put so many small men in great positions, the president of the leading bank of the community.
  他是社区主导银行的行长，只不是巧合和机遇让这些小人们爬上了这重要的位置而已。
• The interesting and fortuitous thing is that this theorem itself can be proven!
  有趣和偶然的是这一理论本身是可以证明的！
• In a other word, verb "be" is the most fortuitous verb of change.
  换句话说，动词be是个变化最不规则的动词。
• Profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials.
  因为原料成本幸运的下降了，所以利润也就增加了。
• Gifts of books and journals can often be quite fortuitous.
  图书和期刊的赠阅可能往往带有相当的偶然性。
• The post-Soviet decline in oil production was reversed in time for the fortuitous upward spiral in world prices.
  它逆转了后苏联时代石油产量的下滑之势，及时而幸运的赶上了全球油价的螺旋式上升。
• That was a fortuitous question.
  那是一个偶然的问题。
• General hospitals have an important rescue mission when fortuitous mass casualties occur as a result of natural or man made disasters.
  因自然灾害和人为因素所导致的突发性、群体性意外伤害时有发生，综合性医院负有重要的抢救使命。
• Fortuitous means simply by chance.
  Fortuitous是指纯属偶然。