fortuitous

英 [fɔːˈtjuːɪtəs]

美 [fɔːrˈtuːɪtəs]

adj. 偶然发生的; (尤指)巧合的

TOEFL GRE TEM8 医学

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

The post-Soviet decline in oil production was reversed in time for the fortuitous upward spiral in world prices.
它逆转了后苏联时代石油产量的下滑之势，及时而幸运的赶上了全球油价的螺旋式上升。
General hospitals have an important rescue mission when fortuitous mass casualties occur as a result of natural or man made disasters.
因自然灾害和人为因素所导致的突发性、群体性意外伤害时有发生，综合性医院负有重要的抢救使命。
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。
That's where it ends up anyway, and the cost is the same whether forced or fortuitous.
这就是它的最终结果，并且无论是强制的还是偶然的，成本都相同。
When I graduated from Harvard Business School, I chose a role that was at once marginal and extremely fortuitous.
当年，我从哈佛商学院毕业后，选择了一个边缘、但又非常幸运的角色。
It is more likely to be a fortuitous discovery than the result of a concerted effort to find it.
发现它看来多半是出于偶然，而并非协同努力的结果。
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。
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。
It was quite fortuitous the way we met.
我们的相逢实属偶然。
The occurrence of such things is by no means fortuitous.
出现这种问题绝不是偶然的。