1.fortune的基本意思是“机会,运气”,指对人生、国家或事业可能会造成向好的方面转变的机遇。fortune也可指一个人的未来,即“前途,命运”。fortune还可指“大笔的钱,巨款”。
2.Fortune可以表示“命运女神”。

By a stroke of fortune, he won the competition.他靠运气在竞赛中获胜了。
The fortune of the young diplomat began to wane.这位年轻外交官开始倒运了。
He did not deserve such fortune.他不该这么运气。
What wonderful good fortune she was enjoying!她当时多么走运啊!
In the following years, his fortunes improved considerably.在后来的几年中,他的运气大为好转。
The party's fortunes were at their lowest level after the election defeat.该党在竞选失败后每况愈下。
He is ready to do anything on earth to better his fortunes.他准备竭尽全力来改善自己的境遇。
Though all his changing fortune, he never lost courage.尽管他命运多变,但他从未失去勇气。
I had my fortune told last week.上星期我请人算过命。
She said she would cast in her fortune with me.她表示情愿与我共命运。
Fortune smiled on us.命运之神向我们露出了笑脸。
Yet Fortune was bending over him just ready to let fall a burden of gold.然而命运女神此时就在他头上,随时准备赐予他大堆的金子。
They built their early fortunes on the sufferings of the Black people.他们早期积聚的财富是建筑在黑人的苦难之上的。
He dreamed of making a fortune.他梦想发财。
He has run through his whole fortune.他把全部家产挥霍一空。
I seem to have spent an absolute fortune on food this week!我本周吃饭好像就花了一大笔钱。
His father left him an immense fortune.他父亲给他遗留下了一笔巨大的财产。
She won a fortune in a lottery.她在抽奖中赢得了一大笔钱。
She had a little fortune in the bank with which to help her sister.她在银行里存了一点儿钱,可以用来资助她妹妹。
This story will make your fortune.这篇故事将使你发财。
Philip was known to be a young man without fortune.大家都知道菲利普是个穷小子。

fortune, chance, luck
参见luck条。
fortune, estate, property
参见estate条。

1.他从政以前在煤铁业中发了大财。
［误］  He did a fortune in the coal and iron business before he went into politics.
［正］  He made a fortune in the coal and iron business before he went into politics.
［析］  表示“发财”用make a fortune,其中动词不能用do。
2.他在石油行业发了财。
［误］  He made fortune in oil.
［正］  He made a fortune in oil.
［析］  fortune作“钱财”“财产”解时一般为可数名词,所以fortune前要加上不定冠词a。

［同义词］   chance, fate, lot, luck
［词源］  ＜古法语＜拉丁语fortuna(运气,命运)