fortunes
n. (某人的)命运( fortune的名词复数 ); 富有; 幸运; [常作复数](人生事件中的)时运
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.
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。
There were mixed fortunes for French rugby teams on tour.
参加巡回比赛的法国橄榄球队成绩有喜有悲。
She kept up with the fortunes of the Reeves family.
她一直关注着里夫斯家族的兴衰。
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。
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。