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单词 fortunate
释义
fortunate
adjective
approving
uk
/ˈfɔː.tʃən.ət/us
/ˈfɔːr.tʃən.ət/
B2
lucky:
幸运的
[+ to infinitive]You're very fortunatetohavefoundsuch anicehouse.你能找到这么一栋漂亮的房子真是非常幸运。
He was fortunateinhischoiceofassistant.他很幸运，选择了一位好助手。
[+ that]Itwas fortunatethatthey had set out early because thetrafficwasterrible.幸运的是他们出发得很早，因为交通状况实在太糟了。
Opposite
unfortunate
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
having good things happen by chance
  • luckyTwo lucky winners will be treated to an all-expenses paid trip to the Bahamas!
  • fortunateIt was fortunate that he wasn't injured in the accident.
  • it's a good thingIt's a good thing we bought travel insurance for our trip since it was cancelled.
  • it's a good jobUKIt's a good job they didn't go camping this weekend - the weather's been awful.
  • luck outUSThe Giants really lucked out in last night's game.
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More examples
  • Let usprayfor those who are not so fortunate as ourselves - thesick, theoldand theneedy.
  • Iconsidermyself fortunate to have had such a goodeducation.
  • She was fortunate toescapewith onlyminorinjuries.
  • Wecertainlywere fortunate to get afinedayfor thefete,consideringhowwetit's beenlately.
  • "Myhusbandarrivedhomejust at thatmoment, whichscaredtheintruderaway." "Gosh, that was fortunate."
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Good luck and bad luck
  • align
  • bad/hard/tough luck!idiom
  • be bad luck onsomeoneidiom
  • be down onyourluckidiom
  • be in/out of luckidiom
  • blessing
  • get the short end of the stickidiom
  • godsend
  • grace
  • hapless
  • haplessly
  • mercifully
  • mercy
  • miracle
  • misadventure
  • mischance
  • shame
  • streak
  • with any luckidiom
  • your luck's in!idiom
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(Definition offortunatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

fortunate| American Dictionary

fortunate
adjective
us
/ˈfɔr·tʃə·nət/
receivingorbringinga good thing that wasuncertainorunexpected:
a fortunatechoice
[+ to infinitive]You’re fortunate to havefoundsuch apleasanthouse.
[+ that clause]It was fortunate that youleftintime.

fortunately

adverb[not gradable]us
/ˈfɔr·tʃə·nət·li/
Fortunately we were alreadyhomewhen itstartedtosnow.
(Definition offortunatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffortunate

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Residents who did not illuminate their houses or accede to other crowd demands werefortunateif broken glass was the only damage they suffered.
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It is hard to see why a theory that purports to be egalitarian takes such particular account of the preferences of the morefortunate.
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Finally, our group isfortunateto have members with strong interests in electronic music and art, or simply new media.
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Fortunateis he who, with a case so desperate as mine, finds a judge so merciful.
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Sometimes, researchers arefortunateenough to be able to rely upon, or adapt, previously proven methods.
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The discovery of diamonds shortly after the country's independence provided afortunateeconomic windfall for the country.
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Thus, we arefortunateto have data on psychological distress covering the period 1981 to 2000 for two cohorts.
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For actuaries, thesefortunatesocial circumstances applied only in the period roughly stretching between 1820 and 1845.
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Thosefortunateenough to obtain waged employment in the late-colonial and early-independence years did indeed experience dramatic improvements.
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Centenarians prove the compression of morbidity hypothesis, but what about the rest of us who are genetically lessfortunate?
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At the same time he recognised that people needed nurturing, which included support following bereavement, as he had beenfortunateto receive from his daughter.
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We are not sofortunatewith the composer of the music.
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It is surprising andfortunatethat an explicit, analytical solution is possible, principally because m is extremely large.
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The fixed-point iteration method turns out to be stable (given the initial condition), afortunateproperty of these models.
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I wasfortunatein that these results could be compared with other measures of food use on one of the sites.
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