fortunes

英 [ˈfɔːtʃənz]

美 [ˈfɔrtʃənz]

n.  (尤指影响人生的)机会，运气; 大笔的钱; 巨款; (个人、家庭、国家等的)发展变化的趋势，命运，际遇
fortune的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 大笔的钱;巨款
  You can refer to a large sum of money asafortuneorasmallfortuneto emphasize how large it is.
  1. We had to eat out all the time. It ended up costing a fortune...
     我们不得不总在外面吃饭，结果花了很多钱。
  2. He made a small fortune in the London property boom.
     他在伦敦房产升温的时候发了一笔小财。
• N-COUNT 财富;财产
  Someone who has afortunehas a very large amount of money.
  1. He made his fortune in car sales...
     他靠卖车发了财。
  2. Having spent his rich wife's fortune, the Major ended up in a debtors' prison.
     花光了他有钱老婆的财产之后，这位少校最后被关进了债务人监狱。
• N-UNCOUNT 运气;机遇
  Fortuneor goodfortuneis good luck. Illfortuneis bad luck.
  1. Government ministers are starting to wonder how long their good fortune can last.
     政府部长们开始怀疑他们的好运还能够持续多久。
• N-PLURAL 时运;运势
  If you talk about someone'sfortunesor thefortunesof something, you are talking about the extent to which they are doing well or being successful.
  1. The electoral fortunes of the Liberal Democratic party may decline...
     自由民主党的选举运势可能会下降。
  2. She kept up with the fortunes of the Reeves family...
     她一直关注着里夫斯家族的兴衰。
  3. The company had to do something to reverse its sliding fortunes.
     这个公司不得不采取一些措施扭转下滑的运势。
• N-UNCOUNT 运气;命运
  If you talk about the way someone or something is treated byfortune, you are referring to the good or bad luck that they have.
  1. He is certainly being smiled on by fortune.
     现在他一定是得到了命运的垂青。
• 算命;算卦
  When someonetellsyourfortune, they tell you what they think will happen to you in the future, which they say is shown, for example, by the lines on your hand.

双语例句

• Its fortunes have been typical of the other seven Japanese handset makers.
  它曾是世界上最大的IT和通信公司之一，它的命运代表了其他7家日本手机制造商。
• The deal marks a turnaround in the fortunes of South Wales Electricity
  这一协议标志着南威尔士电力公司时来运转。
• Half the people in this town owe their fortunes to him.
  由于他，这个镇里半数的人发达了。
• Some men have made great fortunes by developing oil business.
  一些人通过开发石油业务发了大财。
• The family fortunes were declining.
  家道陵替。
• You must help me and my friends to make our fortunes out of another!
  你得帮我和我的朋友们借助另一个运河计划赚上一笔。
• But the fortunes of war turned against them.
  但是，战争的运数转而同他们作对了。
• Mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.
  我们互相保证彼此的生命、财产和神圣的名誉。
• The future of the island is bound up with the fortunes of the ruling power.
  这个岛的前景与其掌权者的命运息息相关。
• Through all his changing fortunes, he never lost courage.
  他虽经历了不同的命运，但始终没有丧失勇气。