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fortune

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for·tune /ˈfɔːtʃən $ ˈfɔːr-/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun  
1 money [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)
nCOLLOCATIONS
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
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
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