fortune /ˈfɔ:tʃən/ n. 1.［u］运气，幸运: What wonderful good fortune she was enjoying! 她真有福气。By good fortune he was not hurt. 真幸运，没伤着他。God sends fortune to fools. 蠢人有蠢福。 2.［c］命运: a fortune-teller 算命人 She told our fortune by looking into a crystal ball. 她通过看一个水晶球给我们算命。3.［c］&［u］钱财，财产: She inherited a fortune from her grandmother. 她从她祖母那儿继承了一笔财产。4.用于短语 make a fortune 发财：He made his fortune by selling cars. 通过售车他发了财。［考句］The West is traditionally the land of the pioneers and the cowboys, where fortunes could be easily made in cattle or land.西部向来被誉为拓荒者与牛仔的天地，在那里通过养牛与种地就可以很容易发财。
［辨析］与destiny和fate辨见destiny
