fortunes的中文翻譯是什麼意思

N-COUNT大筆的錢;鉅款

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...

  我們不得不總在外面吃飯，結果花了很多錢。

• He made a small fortune in the London property boom.

  他在倫敦房產升溫的時候發了一筆小財。

N-COUNT財富;財產

Someone who has a fortune has a very large amount of money.

• He made his fortune in car sales...

  他靠賣車發了財。

• Having spent his rich wife's fortune, the Major ended up in a debtors' prison.

  花光了他有錢老婆的財產之後，這位少校最後被關進了債務人監獄。

N-UNCOUNT運氣;機遇

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.

  政府部長們開始懷疑他們的好運還能夠持續多久。

N-PLURAL時運;運勢

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...

  自由民主黨的選舉運勢可能會下降。

• She kept up with the fortunes of the Reeves family...

  她一直關注著裡夫斯家族的興衰。

N-UNCOUNT運氣;命運

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.

  現在他一定是得到了命運的垂青。

PHRASE算命;算卦

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.