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 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。
• When I graduated from Harvard Business School, I chose a role that was at once marginal and extremely fortuitous.
  当年，我从哈佛商学院毕业后，选择了一个边缘、但又非常幸运的角色。
• 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。
• In retrospect, though, the timing proved more fortuitous than it initially appeared.
  然而，回想起来，事实证明，这个时机要比一开始看上去的更好。
• Our meeting was quite fortuitous.
  我们的相会完全是偶然的。
• Fortuitous means simply by chance.
  Fortuitous是指纯属偶然。
• The occurrence of such things is by no means fortuitous.
  出现这种问题绝不是偶然的。
• The timing of her departure was entirely fortuitous.
  她对离开时间的选择完全是偶然的。
• It is more likely to be a fortuitous discovery than the result of a concerted effort to find it.
  发现它看来多半是出于偶然，而并非协同努力的结果。
• That was a fortuitous question.
  那是一个偶然的问题。