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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Such tragedy happens not only on nietzsche, so you cannot say it's just fortuitous.
  而不只是尼采，所以不能说只是偶然的。
• The timing of her departure was entirely fortuitous.
  她对离开时间的选择完全是偶然的。
• 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。
• Our meeting was quite fortuitous.
  我们的相会完全是偶然的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。