fortuitous
英 [fɔːˈtjuːɪtəs]
美 [fɔːrˈtuːɪtəs]
adj. 偶然发生的; (尤指)巧合的
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.- 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。
- Their success is the result of a fortuitous combination of circumstances.
英英释义
adj
- occurring by happy chance
- profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials
- having no cause or apparent cause
- a causeless miracle
- fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune
- we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times
双语例句
- Happening by chance or accident; fortuitous.
或有的,偶然的,意外的。 - 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。 - The document had been commissioned 18 months earlier but the timing of its publication was fortuitous.
那份报告是在18个月之前委托撰写的,但发表的时机颇为幸运。 - Profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials.
因为原料成本幸运的下降了,所以利润也就增加了。 - Our meeting was quite fortuitous.
我们的相会完全是偶然的。 - 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。 - 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。 - Gifts of books and journals can often be quite fortuitous.
图书和期刊的赠阅可能往往带有相当的偶然性。 - It is more likely to be a fortuitous discovery than the result of a concerted effort to find it.
发现它看来多半是出于偶然,而并非协同努力的结果。