fortune
noun uk/ˈfɔː.tʃuːn/ us/ˈfɔːr.tʃuːn/
(WEALTH)
B2 [ C ]一大笔钱；大量财产
a large amount of money, goods, property, etc.
She inherited a fortune from her grandmother. 她从祖母那里继承了一大笔财产。
He lost a fortune gambling. 他赌博输了一大笔钱。
You can make a fortune out of junk if you call it antiques. 把破烂儿叫做“古董”，就可以从中发一笔财。
This dress cost a (small) fortune. 这条连衣裙花了很多钱。
Any painting by Van Gogh is worth a fortune. 梵高的任何一幅作品都值一大笔钱。
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- She has amassed a huge fortune from her novels.
- With a personal fortune of six million pounds, she certainly doesn't work out of necessity.
- She netted herself a fortune when she sold her company.
- They made a fortune through some sham property deal.
- She inherited a substantial fortune from her grandmother.
(CHANCE)
B2 [ C or U ]（影响人生的）机会，际遇，运气
chance and the way it affects your life
He had the (good) fortune to train with some of the world's top athletes. 他有幸与一些世界顶级的运动员一起训练。
The family's fortunes changed overnight. 那个家庭的命运一夜之间改变了。
tell someone's fortune 为…算命
to discover what will happen to someone in the future, for example by looking at the lines on their hands or using a special set of cards
Cast out by her parents and with nowhere to go, she meets an old woman who tells her fortune.
At the fall festival, we stood in line to get our fortunes told.
Can you really tell my fortune just by looking at my palm?
The psychic read the tarot cards and told us our fortunes.
I had an aunt who used to examine the tea leaves at the bottom of our cups and, from them, tell our fortunes.
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- She rejoiced in her good fortune.
- But for a cruel twist of fortune, he could now be running his own business.
- At the fair, there was a lady who told your fortune.
- The chairman, Tony Bramall, was responsible for the turnaround in the company's fortunes.
- His commitment to democracy and free markets has waxed and waned with his political fortunes.
Idiom
fortune smiles on someoneidiom 命运向…微笑，…交上好运
If fortune smiles on you, you are lucky and good things happen to you.