fortunate

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++for·tu·nate /ˈfɔːtʃənət $ ˈfɔːr-/ adjective 1 LUCKYsomeone who is fortunate has something good happen to them, or is in a good situation 幸运的 SYN luckyfortunate to do something I’ve been fortunate to find a career that I love. 我是幸运的，找到了自己喜欢的职业。 I was fortunate enough to obtain a research studentship at Stanford. 我真幸运，取得了斯坦福大学的研究生奖学金。fortunate in doing something She felt fortunate in being able to please herself where she lived. 在自己住的地方能随心所欲，她觉得很幸运。fortunate that I’m fortunate that I have such an understanding wife. 有这样一位通情达理的妻子，我很有福气。more/less fortunate than somebody We’ve been more fortunate than a lot of farmers. 我们比许多农场主幸运多了。► see thesaurus at lucky2 LUCKYa fortunate event is one in which something good happens by chance, especially when this saves you from trouble or danger 巧合的，偶然发生的；侥幸的 SYN lucky By a fortunate coincidence, a passer-by heard her cries for help. 所幸正巧有个过路人听到了她的呼救。3 the less fortunate people who are poor 穷苦人 We should all consider the plight of the less fortunate. 我们都应考虑到穷人的困境。

Examples from the Corpus

fortunate• David managed to escape, but the others were not so fortunate.• People have been very helpful - I'm very fortunate.• We were ever so fortunate as to recover your collection intact.• It was a fortunate coincidence that the police were passing by just then.• Some plants actually prefer a lot of shade, which is fortunate for gardeners choosing plants for gloomy corners.• The Gala youngster acknowledges how fortunate he has been in the folk who have advised him along the way.• He had been fortunate in getting the job with Joe Maitland, he had to admit.• Some children are fortunate in that their parents or teachers provide an excited audience for their ideas and plot lines.• The library media specialist is, in the midst of these dilemmas, in a unique and fortunate position.• This Christmas, I sincerely hope your hearts will go out to those less fortunate than yourselves.• You are very fortunate that I don't make you actually sit in the real sea.• It is extremely fortunate that there was no-one in the building when the bomb went off.• Others are fortunate to find supportive faculty, administrators, and fellow students.• I am fortunate to work in a school where all the children are extremely motivated.fortunate to do something• I consider myself fortunate to be housed here, fortunate to be going to college.• Another case of hard-hearted capitalists pushing aside the less fortunate to enhance their investments?• It is unusual to find documentary evidence earlier than the fifteenth century, and extremely fortunate to find actual details of buildings.• I've been fortunate to have done a lot of traveling.• He was just a very extraordinary man and I was very fortunate to have had those twelve years.• I count myself fortunate to have known him.• And if that were not enough, I was fortunate to live in one of the most beautiful towns in the state.

for·tu·nate adjectiveChineseSyllable

Corpus fortunate who is has something someone good

fortunate
for‧tu‧nate S3 /ˈfɔːtʃənət $ ˈfɔːr-/

adjective

Word Family: noun: fortune, misfortune, unfortunate; adverb: fortunately ≠ unfortunately; adjective: fortunate ≠ unfortunate

1. someone who is fortunate has something good happen to them, or is in a good situation
   SYN lucky
    fortunate to do something

I’ve been fortunate to find a career that I love.

I was fortunate enough to obtain a research studentship at Stanford.
fortunate in doing something

She felt fortunate in being able to please herself where she lived.
fortunate that

I’m fortunate that I have such an understanding wife.
more/less fortunate than somebody

We’ve been more fortunate than a lot of farmers.
2. a fortunate event is one in which something good happens by chance, especially when this saves you from trouble or danger
SYN lucky:

By a fortunate coincidence, a passer-by heard her cries for help.
3. the less fortunate people who are poor:

We should all consider the plight of the less fortunate.

THESAURUS

   ▪ lucky happening because of good luck, or bringing you good luck: a lucky guess | Seven is considered a lucky number. | It’s lucky that I’ve got some spare keys. | Italy got a lucky goal in the last five minutes of the game. | ‘How did you know he’d be there?’ ‘It was a lucky guess.’
   ▪ fortunate happening because of good luck. Fortunate is more formal than lucky: It was extremely fortunate that there was no one in the building when the bomb went off. | I’m in the fortunate position of doing a job I love. | Some plants actually prefer a lot of shade, which is fortunate for gardeners choosing plants for gloomy corners.
   ▪ it’s a good thing (that) (also it’s a good job (that) British English) spoken used when saying that there would have been problems if something had not happened: It’s a good thing that you brought an umbrella with you. | It’s a good job I’m here to help.
   ▪ miraculous extremely lucky in a way that is almost unbelievable: A teenager had a miraculous escape last night when the car she was travelling in overturned. | The doctor gave her a month to live but she made a miraculous recovery. | It was miraculous that no one was seriously injured in the accident.
   ▪ fortuitous /fɔːˈtjuːətəs $ fɔːrˈtuː-, fɔːˈtjuːɪtəs $ fɔːrˈtuː-/ formal happening because of good luck: a fortuitous decision | a fortuitous coincidence | It was fortuitous that no one else was hurt.
   ▪ a fluke /fluːk/ informal something that happens by chance, not because of skill or good judgement: The goal was a fluke. | By a fluke, he managed to get the question right.
   ▪ be in the right place at the right time used when saying that someone is lucky and the situation is right for them: Making money from buying property is easy – you just have to be in the right place at the right time.

for·tu·nate

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/ˈfɔːtʃənət/

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NAmE

/ˈfɔːrtʃənət/

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adjective