3N-UNCOUNT 运气;机遇Fortune or good fortune is good luck. Ill fortune is bad luck. 运气;机遇
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。
4N-PLURAL [with poss]时运;运势 If you talk about someone's fortunes or the fortunes of something, you are talking about the extent to which they are doing well or being successful. 时运;运势
The electoral fortunes of the Liberal Democratic party may decline. [+ of]
自由民主党的选举运势可能会下降。
She kept up with the fortunes of the Reeves family.
她一直关注着里夫斯家族的兴衰。
The company had to do something to reverse its sliding fortunes.
6PHRASE 算命;算卦 When someone tells your fortune, 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. 算命;算卦
Quotations
Fortune, that favours foolsBen JonsonThe Alchemist
No woman can be a beauty without a fortuneGeorge FarquharThe Beaux' Stratagem
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortuneWilliam ShakespeareHamlet
Base Fortune, now I see, that in thy wheel There is a point, to which when men aspire, They tumble headlong downChristopher MarloweEdward II