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

• 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。
• The extraordinarily convenient timing of the meeting is said to be fortuitous.
  那个会议特别合适的时机选择据说是个偶然。
• An ability to identify a fortuitous opening is not something that can be easily taught within a prescribed structure.
  发现偶然机遇的能力并不是在一个规定的框架下就能轻易教会的。
• 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。
• Happening by chance or accident; fortuitous.
  或有的，偶然的，意外的。
• As a result of that fortuitous model-room experiment, I shifted my focus from memory to symbolic thinking.
  就这样，我在模型屋计画邂逅的发现，让我改变了研究焦点，从记忆转向象徵思惟。
• Actually, this is a fortuitous accident, since we can take a look at how to delete a record from the service.
  实际上，这是一个幸运的意外，因为我们可以了解如何从该服务删除记录。
• Our meeting was quite fortuitous.
  我们的相会完全是偶然的。
• 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。
• 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。