fortunate• David managed to escape, but the others were not so fortunate.• People have been very helpful - I'm very fortunate.• We were ever so fortunate as to recover your collectionintact.• It was a fortunatecoincidence that the police were passing by just then.• Some plants actually prefer a lot of shade, which is fortunate for gardenerschoosing plants for gloomycorners.• The Galayoungsteracknowledges how fortunate he has been in the folk who have advised him along the way.• He had been fortunate in getting the job with Joe Maitland, he had to admit.• Some children are fortunate in that their parents or teachers provide an excitedaudience for their ideas and plot lines.• The librarymedia specialist is, in the midst of these dilemmas, in a unique and fortunate position.• This Christmas, I sincerely hope your hearts will go out to those less fortunate than yourselves.• You are very fortunate that I don't make you actually sit in the realsea.• It is extremely fortunate that there was no-one in the building when the bomb went off.• Others are fortunate to find supportivefaculty, administrators, and fellow students.• I am fortunate to work in a school where all the children are extremely motivated.
fortunate to do something• I consider myself fortunate to be housed here, fortunate to be going to college.• Another case of hard-heartedcapitalistspushingaside the less fortunate toenhance their investments?• It is unusual to find documentaryevidence earlier than the fifteenth century, and extremely fortunate to find actualdetails of buildings.• I've been fortunate to have done a lot of traveling.• He was just a very extraordinary man and I was very fortunate to have had those twelve years.• I count myself fortunate to have known him.• And if that were not enough, I was fortunate to live in one of the most beautifultowns in the state.
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, feel, seem幸運;感到幸運;似乎幸運▸➤consider sb, count yourself, think sb認為某人幸運;覺得自己幸運◇We consider ourselves extremely fortunate.我們覺得自己十分幸運。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極為/相當/非常幸運▸➤indeed (especially BrE) 確實很幸運◇He was indeed fortunate in his friends.他有那些朋友,實在很幸運。PREPOSITION➤for對⋯來說是幸運的◇It was fortunate for us that the rain stopped.我們很幸運,雨停了。➤in在⋯方面很幸運◇We are fortunate in having a lot of land.我們很幸運,擁有很多土地。