fortunes

英 [ˈfɔːtʃənz]

美 [ˈfɔrtʃənz]

n.  (尤指影响人生的)机会，运气; 大笔的钱; 巨款; (个人、家庭、国家等的)发展变化的趋势，命运，际遇
fortune的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 大笔的钱;巨款
  You can refer to a large sum of money asafortuneorasmallfortuneto emphasize how large it is.
  1. We had to eat out all the time. It ended up costing a fortune...
     我们不得不总在外面吃饭，结果花了很多钱。
  2. He made a small fortune in the London property boom.
     他在伦敦房产升温的时候发了一笔小财。
• N-COUNT 财富;财产
  Someone who has afortunehas a very large amount of money.
  1. He made his fortune in car sales...
     他靠卖车发了财。
  2. Having spent his rich wife's fortune, the Major ended up in a debtors' prison.
     花光了他有钱老婆的财产之后，这位少校最后被关进了债务人监狱。
• N-UNCOUNT 运气;机遇
  Fortuneor goodfortuneis good luck. Illfortuneis bad luck.
  1. Government ministers are starting to wonder how long their good fortune can last.
     政府部长们开始怀疑他们的好运还能够持续多久。
• N-PLURAL 时运;运势
  If you talk about someone'sfortunesor thefortunesof something, you are talking about the extent to which they are doing well or being successful.
  1. The electoral fortunes of the Liberal Democratic party may decline...
     自由民主党的选举运势可能会下降。
  2. She kept up with the fortunes of the Reeves family...
     她一直关注着里夫斯家族的兴衰。
  3. The company had to do something to reverse its sliding fortunes.
     这个公司不得不采取一些措施扭转下滑的运势。
• N-UNCOUNT 运气;命运
  If you talk about the way someone or something is treated byfortune, you are referring to the good or bad luck that they have.
  1. He is certainly being smiled on by fortune.
     现在他一定是得到了命运的垂青。
• 算命;算卦
  When someonetellsyourfortune, they tell you what they think will happen to you in the future, which they say is shown, for example, by the lines on your hand.

双语例句

• The deal marks a turnaround in the fortunes of South Wales Electricity
  这一协议标志着南威尔士电力公司时来运转。
• There is no highroad to happiness or misfortune; every man brings them on himself.; Fortunes or misfortunes are all created by man himself.
  祸福无门，唯人自召[招]。
• Zanzibar's fortunes declined after the islanders revolted against the sultanate in 1964.
  桑给巴尔岛的居民于1964年反抗苏丹统治，随后时局便不断恶化。
• He takes the road of collective prosperity instead of trying to build up family fortunes.
  他走集体富裕的道路，不搞个人发家致富。
• This eliminated inactive heirs to vast fortunes, semi-retired industrialists and former heads of state.
  这一标准剔除了大笔财富的无为继承人、处于半退休状态的实业家和前国家元首。
• You must help me and my friends to make our fortunes out of another!
  你得帮我和我的朋友们借助另一个运河计划赚上一笔。
• But intense competition at both the high and low ends of the smartphone market have reversed Samsung's fortunes.
  但是，高端与低端手机市场同时进行的激烈竞争打破了三星的好运。
• The strong British contingent suffered mixed fortunes
  实力雄厚的英国军团喜忧参半。
• It is an unexpected setback in her fortunes.
  这是她好运中的一次意外的挫折。
• The company had to do something to reverse its sliding fortunes.
  这个公司不得不采取一些措施扭转下滑的运势。