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 document had been commissioned 18 months earlier but the timing of its publication was fortuitous.
  那份报告是在18个月之前委托撰写的，但发表的时机颇为幸运。
• 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。
• That's where it ends up anyway, and the cost is the same whether forced or fortuitous.
  这就是它的最终结果，并且无论是强制的还是偶然的，成本都相同。
• 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。
• Actually, this is a fortuitous accident, since we can take a look at how to delete a record from the service.
  实际上，这是一个幸运的意外，因为我们可以了解如何从该服务删除记录。
• Happening by chance or accident; fortuitous.
  或有的，偶然的，意外的。
• 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。
• Our meeting was quite fortuitous.
  我们的相会完全是偶然的。
• Please allow me to call you, because I browsed your web in fortuitous chance only. So, I don't know How to call you is properly.
  请允许我这样称呼你们，因为我只是在一个偶然的机会看到了你们的网站，也不知道到底应当如何称呼你们！
• 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。