核心畫面

Good things landing on you by luck rather than by effort — and often, quietly, not landing on the people beside you.

可以想成好事剛好落在你這裡,而不是落在旁邊的人身上:不是你努力換來的,是運氣那一下正好停在你頭上。所以 fortun更多收起可以想成好事剛好落在你這裡,而不是落在旁邊的人身上:不是你努力換來的,是運氣那一下正好停在你頭上。所以 fortunate 常常帶著一點比較的味道——說 I'm fortunate to have a job like this,背後其實有一群沒這麼好運的人當對照。它跟 lucky 意思很近,只是語氣正式一些。

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

fortunateadj/ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/

  • 1

    Auspicious.

    • It is a fortunate sign if the sun shines on a newly wedded couple.
    • if it sits still, with its breast towards them, till they have passed, they consider it as a fortunate sign, and everything is expected to go on well during the remainder of their journey
  • 2

    Happening by good luck or favorable chance.

    • Patrick was the unlikely match-winner as Berkeley earned a fortunate victory over Chisolm.
    • How many lucky winners, Regnault lamented, boastfully ascribe their success to wise decisions while in reality their triumph was nothing more than the fortunate outcome of random events?
  • 3

    Favored by fortune.

    • We were fortunate not to be fined for speeding.
    • This is a time when we think of those less fortunate than ourselves.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。