fortuitous
英 [fɔːˈtjuːɪtəs]
美 [fɔːrˈtuːɪtəs]
adj. 偶然发生的; (尤指)巧合的
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.- 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。
- Their success is the result of a fortuitous combination of circumstances.
英英释义
adj
- occurring by happy chance
- profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials
- having no cause or apparent cause
- a causeless miracle
- fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune
- we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times
双语例句
- 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。 - 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 timing of her departure was entirely fortuitous.
她对离开时间的选择完全是偶然的。 - An ability to identify a fortuitous opening is not something that can be easily taught within a prescribed structure.
发现偶然机遇的能力并不是在一个规定的框架下就能轻易教会的。 - 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。 - As a result of that fortuitous model-room experiment, I shifted my focus from memory to symbolic thinking.
就这样，我在模型屋计画邂逅的发现，让我改变了研究焦点，从记忆转向象徵思惟。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - That was a fortuitous question.
那是一个偶然的问题。