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
- Profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials.
因为原料成本幸运的下降了,所以利润也就增加了。 - It was quite fortuitous the way we met.
我们的相逢实属偶然。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The interesting and fortuitous thing is that this theorem itself can be proven!
有趣和偶然的是这一理论本身是可以证明的! - If fortuitous causality in criminal law is not tenable, necessary causality in criminal law itself is an issue.
如果刑法偶然因果关系难以成立,则刑法必然因果关系本身也是有问题的。 - Happening by chance or accident; fortuitous.
或有的,偶然的,意外的。 - 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。