fortunate

英 [ˈfɔ:tʃənət]

美 [ˈfɔ:rtʃənət]

基本含义：

adj.幸运的；侥幸的；带来幸运的

详情解释：

adj.(形容词)

• 幸运的，交好运的，运气好
• 带来幸运的
• 侥幸的
• 吉利的
• 福气好的
• 幸福的
• 顺利的，预兆吉利的，吉祥的

n.(名词)

• 幸运的人或事物

v.(动词)

• 使幸运，给某人带来好运

adj.(形容词)

• 交好运的,带来好运的,幸运的 having, bringing or brought by good fortune; lucky

adj

1. presaging good fortune

e.g. she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school
rosy predictions

Synonym: rosy

2. supremely favored

e.g. golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust

Synonym: golden

3. having unexpected good fortune

e.g. other, less fortunate, children died
a fortunate choice

1. 幸运的;有幸的
If you say that someone or something is fortunate, you mean that they are lucky.

e.g. He was extremely fortunate to survive...
他能活下来真是万幸。
e.g. Central London is fortunate in having so many large parks and open spaces...
伦敦市中心有幸拥有许多大型公园和大片空地。

1. 幸运：如果从一开始就给它们冠以不同的称谓,那将是非常幸运(fortunate)的. 不但称谓上的相同和缺乏适用使他们产生了混淆,而且个人在因公共妨害遭受特别损失时可以提起诉讼的事实(虽然一般情况下个人不能就公共妨害提起诉讼)也造成了他们的混淆.

2. 幸运的：fixed#坚决的 | fortunate#幸运的 | free#自由的

3. 幸运的;侥幸的：When can I get such wonderful fortune? 我什么时候也能遇到这样的好运气呢? | → fortunate 幸运的,侥幸的 | → fortunately 幸运地,幸亏

词语用法：

adj.(形容词)

• fortunate的基本意思是“交好运的,幸运的”,指情况对某人有利,使其获得成功或好处,不强调偶然性,多用于指重大的事情。
• fortunate在句中可用作定语或表语,作表语时,其后常接动词不定式、介词短语或that从句。

相关例句：

But not all fast-food companies have been as fortunate.(但并不是所有的快餐公司都这么幸运。)

"Oh," said the little Mice, "how fortunate you have been, old Fir Tree!"(“啊，”小耗子们说，“你是多么幸运啊，老枞树！”)

In this respect we are very fortunate.(在这方面，我们是很幸运的。)

He not only helped his own family, but he also held out a helping hand to many other men less fortunate than himself.(他不仅帮助自己的家庭，而且还伸出援助之手帮助许多比他不幸的人。)

I have been fortunate enough to visit many parts of the world as a lecturer.(我很有福气，去过世界许多地方作演讲。)

A fortunate encounter brought the two friends together after a long separation.(两位老朋友长期分离这次才有幸相遇。)

I feel fortunate to have the gift of time.(我感到幸运的是我有时间这个礼物。)

Google owes much of its success to the brilliance of S. Brin and L. Page, but also to a series of fortunate events.(谷歌的成功在很大程度上归功于S.Brin和L.Page的才华，但同时也是一连串幸运事件的结果。)

We are very fortunate that the device ended up under water.(我们十分庆幸的是这个装置最后被淹没在水底。)

In the last century the wealthy man with his own library was indeed fortunate, but today there are public libraries.(在上个世纪，那些拥有私人图书馆的富人确实很幸运，但是如今我们有了公共图书馆。)