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/ˈfɔːrtʃənətli/ · /ˈfɔːtʃənətli/
Because of good luck — used when something good happens by chance, or when something unpleasant is avoided.
幸好；幸運地
核心畫面
Picture the moment a story could have gone badly and didn't — the car stopped just in time, the rain held off, someone happened to be there. Fortunately is the speaker in to mark that turn: this next part is the lucky part, and the luck was not anybody's doing.
可以想成：故事本來可能往壞的方向去，結果沒有——車子剛好煞住了、雨剛好沒下、剛好有人在場。fortunately 就…更多收起
可以想成：故事本來可能往壞的方向去，結果沒有——車子剛好煞住了、雨剛好沒下、剛好有人在場。fortunately 就是說話的人插進來標一下：接下來這一段是走運的部分，而且這份運氣不是誰安排的。所以它常常出現在「差一點就……」的句子後面，把緊繃的氣氛放下來。原始詞典資料2 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。
fortunatelyadv/ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/
- 1
In a fortunate manner.
- 2
It is (or was, etc) fortunate that.
- Fortunately for Sam, his pet hamster was alive.
- My mom has fortunately agreed to help us with the science project for school.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。