fortune
n. 大笔的钱; 时运,运气; 命运
You can refer to a large sum of money as a fortune or a small fortune to emphasize how large it is.
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。
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。
Someone who has a fortune has a very large amount of money.
He made his fortune in car sales...
他靠卖车发了财。
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。
Fortune or good fortune is good luck. Ill fortune is bad luck.
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。
If you talk about someone's fortunes or the fortunes of something, you are talking about the extent to which they are doing well or being successful.
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。
She kept up with the fortunes of the Reeves family...
她一直关注着里夫斯家族的兴衰。
If you talk about the way someone or something is treated by fortune, you are referring to the good or bad luck that they have.
He is certainly being smiled on by fortune.
现在他一定是得到了命运的垂青。
When someone tells your fortune, 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.
1. an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another;
2. a large amount of wealth or prosperity
3. an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome;
4. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you);
destiny, fate, lot, doom, luck, fortune
这些名词均有"命运,运气"之意。
fortune favours the brave
(谚)勇者胜出
the fortunes of war
战事多险变
make a (或 one's) fortune
发财,发迹
a small fortune
(非正式)一大笔钱
tell someone's fortune
算命
She has a fortune stashed away in various bank accounts.
她在不同的银行账户上秘密储存了一大笔钱.
I guess he must be worth a small fortune.
我猜想他一定有一大笔钱.
He has gambled away half his fortune.
他赌博输掉了他一半的财产.
He rolled up a huge fortune.
他积累起大笔财产.
He lashed out half his fortune on his daughter's wedding.
他大手笔地拿出一半财产给女儿办婚事.