詞彙精選:fortune的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
n.
財富
例句:
By working hard you may accumulate a fortune.
努力工作,你就會積蓄一筆財產。
例句:
The fortune he inherited gradually dwindled to a few hundred pounds as the result of his extravagance.
由於揮霍無度,他繼承的財產最終只剩下幾百英鎊。
運氣
例句:
He did not deserve such fortune.
他不配得到這種好運氣。
例句:
Government ministers are starting to wonder how long their good fortune can last.
政府部長們開始懷疑他們的好運還能夠持續多久。
命運
例句:
Fortune to one is mother, to another is stepmother.'
命運是甲的母親,是乙的後孃。
例句:
Fortune smiled on him at last.
命運女神終於眷顧他了。
v.
給予財富 [T]
偶然發生 [I]
二、詞義辨析:
destiny,fate,lot,doom,luck,fortune
這些名詞均有“命運”或“運氣”之意。destiny普通用詞,側重預先註定的命運,對未來命運的美好憧憬。fate較莊嚴用詞,多指不幸的命運,暗示不可避免,令人畏懼和人的意志無法改變,宿命論色彩較濃。 lot多指偶然的運氣或終身遭受的不幸命運。doom指最終的,常常是災難性或毀滅性的命運,隱含不可避免的意味。luck普通日常用詞,指好的或壞的運氣,尤多指好運氣,有時也指成功或愉快的結局。fortune普通用詞,指由機會或運氣來決定的一種命運,如暗示一種比fate好的運氣或一種愉快的未來。
三、相關短語:
fortune hunter
n. 追求有錢女子的男人
soldier of fortune
n.軍事冒險者,追求財富或享樂的冒險家
fortune teller
算命者
四、參考例句:
Her fortune just frittered away.
她的財產慢慢消散殆盡。
He diced his fortune away.
他擲骰子把家產輸光。
Who goes: Fortune 500 CEOs
來此地的名人:世界財富500強的CEO們
She won a fortune in a lottery.
她在一次抽獎中贏了一筆大錢。
She inherited a fortune from her father.
她繼承了父親的財產。
I rate his fortune at $10,000.
我估計他有1萬美元的財產。
He tried his fortune in another city.
他在另一個城市碰碰運氣。
He dreamed of making a fortune.
他夢想賺一大筆錢。
He has a good fortune this year.
他今年運氣不錯。
The house costs a fortune to maintain.
維修這幢房子花銷不菲。