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TOEFL BNC: 2626 COCA: 2703

fortune

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for·tune /ˈfɔːtʃən $ ˈfɔːr-/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun  
1  money 钱 [countableC]MONEY a very large amount of money 大笔的钱，巨款
 He made a fortune selling property in Spain.
他在西班牙卖房产，发了大财。
 My first painting sold for £25, a small fortune then for an art student.
我的第一幅画卖了25英镑，这在当时对一个学艺术的学生来说是一大笔钱。
 He died in poverty in 1947, but his art is worth a fortune.
1947年他在贫困中死去，但是现在他的美术作品值大钱了。
 The carpet must have cost a fortune.
这块地毯肯定花了不少钱吧。
 It is quite easy to decorate your house without spending a fortune.
不花大钱装修房子也是很容易的。
 Her personal fortune was estimated at £37 million.
她的个人财产估计有3,700万英镑。
2  chance 机遇 [uncountableU]CHANCE/BY CHANCE chance or luck, and the effect that it has on your life 运气；机遇
 I had the good fortune to work with a brilliant head of department.
我有幸与一位出色的部门主管共事。
 Sickness or ill fortune could reduce you to a needy situation.
疾病或厄运会让你穷困潦倒。
 I felt it was useless to struggle against fortune.
我觉得跟命运抗争是徒劳的。
3  what happens to you 发生在你身上的事 [countableC usually plural]HAPPEN the good or bad things that happen in life 时运；命运
 a downturn in the company’s fortunes
该公司运势的衰退
 This defeat marked a change in the team’s fortunes.
这次失败标志着该队开始走下坡路。
 The geographical position of the frontier fluctuated with the fortunes of war (=the things that can happen during a war).
边界的地理位置随着战争局势而变动。
► see thesaurus at future
4. tell somebody’s fortune ROto tell someone what will happen to them in the future by looking at their hands, using cards etc 给某人算命
→ soldier of fortune, → fame and fortune at fame, → a hostage to fortune at hostage(3), → seek your fortune at seek(4)
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
make a fortune (also amass a fortune formal) (=gain a lot of money)
His family amassed a fortune during that period.
make your fortune (=become rich)
She made her fortune in the cosmetics industry.
earn a fortune
He hopes to earn a fortune from his latest invention.
lose a fortune (=lose a lot of money)
He lost a fortune in an unwise business deal.
cost a fortune (=be very expensive)
It’ll cost a fortune if we go by taxi.
spend a fortune
You don’t have to spend a fortune giving your family healthy meals.
pay a fortune (=pay a lot of money)
We had to pay a fortune in rent.
inherit a fortune (=gain a lot of money after someone dies)
He inherited a fortune of a million pounds from his uncle.
leave somebody a fortune (=arrange for someone to receive a lot of money after you die)
He left his wife a modest fortune.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + fortune
a huge/vast/immense fortune
Timothy was the heir to a vast fortune.
a large/substantial/considerable fortune
His father, an oil magnate, amassed a large fortune.
a small fortune (=a very large amount of money)
He made a small fortune in the London property boom.
a personal/private fortune
She is one of the richest women in Britain, with an estimated personal fortune of £90 million.
a £20 million/$40 million etc fortune
She is believed to have a £25 million fortune.
phrases
be worth a fortune informal:
The building itself is worth a fortune.
Examples from the Corpus
fortune• To a four-year-old, $10 seems like a fortune.• In 1986, Harriman died, leaving her a substantial part of a fortune estimated at $ 100 million.• He lost much of his $1.4 billion fortune in the stock market crash.• For one thing, the economic fortunes of companies change.• He lived most of his life on Manhattan Island, and built his first fortune on the fur trade.• The extraordinary piece of good fortune that I had been given was the opportunity to fight it my way.• During the nineteenth century to be noticed was good fortune, while to be praised was a professional advantage.• Unfortunately, he turned out to be a waster and dissipated his fortune before dying young.• Then, a year later, his fortunes changed.• The drama continued throughout the evening as the contest got under way, with fortunes changing with every throw of the darts.
made a fortune• I could have got odds of ten to one and made a fortune.• The mortgage department had made a fortune in 1984, while the firm as a whole had not done well.• Better yet, she had made a fortune at it.• The guy who invented Post-It notes must have made a fortune.• James was said to have made a fortune after the divorce from Ursula, his first wife.• He made a fortune from them, which he later bequeathed to the school that was his life.• Williams's father started out poor, made a fortune the hard way, and was contemptuous of his spoon-fed children.• The owner of this global network is Sumner Redstone, a Boston billionaire who made a fortune in movie theatres.• The man who made a fortune with his screeching voice, his rubber face, his repertory of long-legged misfits?
had the good fortune to• But he also had the good fortune to take over National just as the industry began to experience an unprecedented four-year boom.• Last week she had the good fortune to have as guest the great art historian Sir Ernst Gombrich.
the fortunes of war• Such are the fortunes of war.• Was it fixed only by the fortunes of war?• The geographical position of the frontier fluctuated with the fortunes of war.
From Longman Business Dictionary
fortunefor·tune /ˈfɔːtʃənˈfɔːr-/ noun [countableC]
1a very large amount of money
Working on the Stock Exchange, he made a fortune in just a few years.
It would cost a fortune to treat all the waste.
Producers pay stars as much as $5,000 per film, a small fortune in Pakistan.
2fortunes [plural] how successful or unsuccessful a person, business, or industry is at a particular time
The company suffered a sudden decline in its fortunes.
Over the last couple of years we have seen a change in the fortunes of the Japanese car industry.
Origin fortune
(1200-1300) French Latin fortuna
for·tune noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
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TOEFL BNC: 2626 COCA: 2703
fortune

noun¹

 1luck運氣ADJECTIVE | ... OF FORTUNE | VERB + FORTUNE | FORTUNE + VERB | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤good好運氣▸➤bad, ill壞運氣；厄運... OF FORTUNE➤piece, stroke一點兒運氣◇By a stroke of good fortune, Steven was still in his office.幸運的是，史蒂文還在辦公室。VERB + FORTUNE➤have有好運▸➤bring (sb)（給某人）帶來好運◇A horseshoe nailed to your door is supposed to bring good fortune.門上釘上馬蹄鐵被認為會帶來好運。FORTUNE + VERB➤be on sb's side, favour/favor sb, smile on sb命運之神站在某人一邊；好運眷顧某人；命運之神向某人微笑◇For once, fortune was on our side: the weather improved in time for the game.這一次好運終於眷顧了我們：比賽前天氣及時好轉。◇Fortune smiled on me that day (= I had good fortune).那天我交了好運。PHRASES➤as good fortune would have it交好運◇As good fortune would have it, a bus came along just when I needed it.真是幸運，公共汽車正好在我需要的時候來了。➤a change in fortune, a change of fortune轉運◇All we can do is hope for a change in fortune.我們只有期待時來運轉了。➤have the good fortune to do sth擁有做⋯的幸運◇I had the good fortune to work with people I liked.我真幸運，可以和我喜歡的人一起工作。
fortune

noun²

 2fortunes what happens to sb/sth際遇ADJECTIVE | VERB + FORTUNES | FORTUNES + VERB | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤declining, flagging不濟的時運▸➤changing, fluctuating, mixed變化着的／起伏不定的／好壞交織的運氣◇a year of mixed fortunes for the company公司有起有伏的一年➤economic, electoral, political經濟／選舉／政治命運VERB + FORTUNES➤boost, improve, revive改善際遇；扭轉命運◇The party still hopes to revive its flagging electoral fortunes.這個政黨仍然希望扭轉它不濟的選舉時運。➤reverse逆轉命運▸➤follow跟隨命運◇fans who follow the fortunes of their chosen team與自己選擇的球隊共命運的球迷FORTUNES + VERB➤change, fluctuate (especially BrE) 命運變化／跌宕起伏◇A company's fortunes can change overnight.一個公司的命運可以在一夜之間改變。➤improve, rise時運上升▸➤decline, fall時運下跌◇as the country's fortunes rose and fell隨着國家命運的跌宕起伏PHRASES➤a reversal of fortune, a reversal of fortunes (especially BrE) 命運的逆轉◇The company suffered a reversal of fortune when public taste changed.由於公眾口味的改變，這個公司大倒其運。
fortune

noun³

 3what is going to happen to sb in the future未來將發生的事VERB + FORTUNE | FORTUNE + NOUN VERB + FORTUNE➤read, tell算命◇They went to have their fortunes read.他們去找人算命。FORTUNE + NOUN➤teller, telling算命者；算命
fortune

noun⁴

 4very large amount of money大量錢財ADJECTIVE | VERB + FORTUNE | FORTUNE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤considerable, enormous, great, immense, large, substantial, vast大筆的錢；巨款；巨額財產▸➤small (= quite large) 相當多的錢◇Rebuilding the house must have cost a small fortune.重建這座房子一定花掉了不小數目的錢。➤family, personal家庭／個人財產VERB + FORTUNE➤accumulate, acquire, amass, build, build up, earn, make, win積累財富；獲得財富；聚集財富；積聚財富；掙得財富；發財；贏得財富▸➤inherit繼承財產▸➤leave (sb)（給某人）留下財產◇Her aunt died and left her a fortune.她的姨母去世了，給她留下了一筆財產。➤lose, squander失去／揮霍財產◇He lost his fortune in the crash of 1929.他在 1929 年股票市場崩盤時賠上了財產。◇She squandered the family fortune.她揮霍了家產。➤find, seek找到／尋找發財機會◇They went to seek their fortune in the city.他們到城裏尋找發財機會。➤be worth值一大筆錢◇Some of those old toys are worth a fortune now.那些舊玩具中有一些現在值很大一筆錢。➤cost要花一大筆錢▸➤pay, spend支付／花費一大筆錢◇She spends a fortune on clothes!她在衣服上花錢很多！FORTUNE + NOUN➤hunter (= a person who tries to become rich by marrying sb with a lot of money) 財富獵人PREPOSITION➤fortune from來自⋯的錢財◇He built his fortune from breeding horses.他靠養馬積累了財富。➤fortune in在⋯中得到的錢財◇She made a fortune in the property boom.她在房地產大熱的時候發了財。➤fortune on以⋯得到的錢財◇They sold their house at the right time and made a fortune on it.他們在適當的時候賣掉房子，發了一大筆財。➤fortune out從⋯中得到的錢財◇He has amassed a considerable fortune out of trading shares.他靠股票交易積聚了很大一筆財富。PHRASES➤fame and fortune名利◇They went to America in search of fame and fortune.他們到美國去追名尋利。➤heir to a fortune, heiress to a fortune財產繼承人◇He was sole heir to the family fortune.他是家庭財產的唯一繼承人。
TOEFL BNC: 2626 COCA: 2703
fortune noun
⇨ future (tell sb's fortune) ⇨ luck (have the good fortune to do sth) ⇨ money 3 (make a fortune)
TOEFL BNC: 2626 COCA: 2703
fortune
Large amounts of money: wealth, fortune, pile...
General words for success: success, luck, triumph...
The state of being rich: wealth, fortune, prosperity...
Luck and luckiness: as luck would have it, a stroke/piece of luck, beginner's luck...

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