fortuitous

英 [fɔːˈtjuːɪtəs]

美 [fɔːrˈtuːɪtəs]

adj.  偶然发生的; (尤指)巧合的

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BNC.18692 / COCA.19324

牛津词典

adj.

• 偶然发生的；（尤指）巧合的
  happening by chance, especially a lucky chance that brings a good result

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 偶然的;幸运的
  You can describe something asfortuitousif it happens, by chance, to be very successful or pleasant.
  1. Their success is the result of a fortuitous combination of circumstances.
     他们的成功是各种环境因素偶然联系在一起的幸运产物。

英英释义

adj

• occurring by happy chance
  1. profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials
• having no cause or apparent cause
  1. a causeless miracle
  2. fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune
  3. we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times
  Synonym:causelessuncaused

双语例句

• The collapse of its rivals brought fortuitous gains to the company.
  对手的崩溃给那家公司带来了意外的盈利。
• Their success is the result of a fortuitous combination of circumstances.
  他们的成功是各种环境因素偶然联系在一起的幸运产物。
• That's where it ends up anyway, and the cost is the same whether forced or fortuitous.
  这就是它的最终结果，并且无论是强制的还是偶然的，成本都相同。
• That was a fortuitous question.
  那是一个偶然的问题。
• General hospitals have an important rescue mission when fortuitous mass casualties occur as a result of natural or man made disasters.
  因自然灾害和人为因素所导致的突发性、群体性意外伤害时有发生，综合性医院负有重要的抢救使命。
• In retrospect, though, the timing proved more fortuitous than it initially appeared.
  然而，回想起来，事实证明，这个时机要比一开始看上去的更好。
• When I graduated from Harvard Business School, I chose a role that was at once marginal and extremely fortuitous.
  当年，我从哈佛商学院毕业后，选择了一个边缘、但又非常幸运的角色。
• Happening by chance or accident; fortuitous.
  或有的，偶然的，意外的。
• In a very fortuitous time, a person has been deeply attracted you!
  在一个很偶然的时间，一个人就被你深深的吸引！
• If fortuitous causality in criminal law is not tenable, necessary causality in criminal law itself is an issue.
  如果刑法偶然因果关系难以成立，则刑法必然因果关系本身也是有问题的。