| 词组 | fortune |
| 释义 | fortune /ˈfɔːtʃən $ ˈfɔːr-/ noun 1. a very large amount of moneyThis meaning of fortune is used in two ways. You use it when talking about the amount of money someone has, or gets from their work: She will inherit her father’s fortune. He made his fortune in the oil industry. You also use it in informal English, when saying that something costs a lot of money, or someone spends or earns a lot of money: The ring must have cost a fortune. Lawyers earn a fortune.adjectivesa large/substantial/considerable fortune She made a considerable fortune as an author.a huge/vast/immense fortune When he died, his vast fortune went to his daughter.an absolute fortune informal (=used when you want to emphasize how much something costs, someone earns etc) The ring must have cost an absolute fortune.a small fortune informal (=a surprisingly large amount of money) My first painting sold for £25, which was a small fortune for an art student. | He made a small fortune in the London property boom.sb’s personal/private fortune (=how much money someone has – used about someone who had a lot of money) Her personal fortune was estimated at £37 million.a £20 million/$40 million etc fortune She is believed to have a $25 million fortune.verbscost a fortune informal (=be very expensive) It’ll cost a fortune if we go by taxi.make a fortune informal (=get a lot of money) He sold the business and made a fortune.make your fortune (=become rich) She made her fortune in the fashion industry.earn a fortune informal (=get a lot of money from your job) Some bankers earn a fortune.amass a fortune formal (=gradually get a lot of money) His family amassed a fortune during that period.lose a fortune informal Her father lost a fortune on the stock market.spend a fortune You don’t have to spend a fortune to have a good holiday.pay a fortune informal We had to pay a fortune in rent.save a fortune informal You can save a fortune by buying online.leave sb a fortune (=arrange for someone to receive a lot of money after you die) The old man left his wife a fortune.inherit a fortune (=get a lot of money after someone dies) He inherited a fortune of a million pounds from his uncle.phrasesbe worth a fortune informal The painting is worth a fortune.fame and fortune (=a situation in which someone is rich and famous) He came to London to seek fame and fortune.be heir to a fortune (=be the person who will get a lot of money from someone after they die) Joseph was heir to a vast fortune.2. luckadjectivesgood fortune His success was mainly due to good fortune.bad fortune also ill fortune formal No-one deserves such ill fortune.verbsbring (sb) fortune In Britain, it is believed that if a black cat crosses your path, it will bring good fortune.fortune smiles on sb literary (=they are lucky) Fortune smiled on me that night, and I escaped unharmed.phraseshave the good fortune to do sth I did not have the good fortune to know your father.a change of fortune also a reversal of fortune formal (=from good to bad luck, or bad to good) Some internet firms have suffered a painful reversal of fortune.a piece/stroke of good fortune It really was an extraordinary piece of good fortune.3. your fortunes are the good or bad things that happen to youGrammarAlways plural in this meaning.adjectiveschanging fortunes The book is the story of a family’s changing fortunes over the years.flagging/declining fortunes (=something is becoming less successful) The new leader claims he can revive the party’s flagging fortunes.mixed fortunes (=some good things and some bad) It has been a week of mixed fortunes for the British team.economic fortunes The economic fortunes of companies can change.political fortunes There has been a revival in the political fortunes of the Liberal Party.verbssb’s fortunes change Then, a year later, his fortunes changed and he was offered a job at the United Nations.improve sb’s fortunes They moved to New York in the hope of improving their fortunes.restore/revive sb’s fortunes (=make them successful again) He was working in a bank, desperately trying to restore the family fortunes.reverse sb’s fortunes (=change them from good to bad, or bad to good) Those companies need government help to reverse their fortunes.follow the fortunes of sb (=pay attention to how successful they are) Since then I have always followed the fortunes of Manchester United.phrasesa change in sb’s fortunes The defeat marked a change in the team’s fortunes.a revival in sth’s fortunes (=it starts being successful again) A decision to change the product’s name brought an instant revival in its fortunes.the fortunes of war (=the things that can happen during a war) The position of the frontier changed with the fortunes of war. |
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