fortune
gb/fˈɔɹt͡ʃun/ us/fˈɔɹt͡ʃun/
B1
الإنجليزية
~ 2800
vagyon, szerencse, véletlen, sors, jövő, szerencsét próbál
اسم
B1
1
vagyon
B1
نمط الاستخدام:
to make [a] fortune
She made a fortune by investing in real estate.
Vagyont szerzett azzal, hogy ingatlanokba fektetett.
The necklace must be worth a fortune.
Ez a nyaklánc biztosan egy vagyont ér.
He inherited a fortune from his grandmother.
They spent a fortune on their wedding.
أمثلة للمتعلّمين
He made a fortune in business.
Vagyont szerzett az üzleti életben.
This car costs a fortune.
Ez az autó egy vagyonba kerül.
She got a fortune from her uncle.
They spent a fortune on the house.
خطأ شائع:
Learners sometimes confuse 'fortune' with 'opportunity' due to the phrase 'good fortune'. In this sense, it refers only to wealth.
المعنى
A very large sum of money
المتلازمات اللفظية
make a fortune
|spend a fortune
|inherit a fortune
|cost a fortune
المرادفات
wealth (More general term for abundance of valuable resources, not necessarily money alone.)
|
riches (Often more literary or dramatic in tone than 'fortune'.)
الأضداد
poverty (The state of having little or no money or resources.)
الموضوعات
business
|wealth
|daily life
|finance
|core_vocabulary
التعريف
A very large amount of money or valuable things.
A great amount of wealth, especially when considered as valuable possessions or money.
اسم
B2
2
By good fortune, we arrived just before it started raining.
Szerencsére épp azelőtt érkeztünk meg, hogy elkezdett esni az eső.
They met by sheer fortune.
Teljesen véletlenül találkoztak.
Fortune smiled on them during their travels.
أمثلة للمتعلّمين
By good fortune, we found the lost dog.
Szerencsére megtaláltuk az elveszett kutyát.
He had the fortune to meet her.
Volt szerencséje találkozni vele.
Fortune was with us today.
خطأ شائع:
Learners may confuse this meaning with 'wealth'; here, it refers to chance, not money.
المعنى
Luck or chance in events
المتلازمات اللفظية
good fortune
|bad fortune
|by fortune
المرادفات
luck (More casual and common term for chance events.)
الأضداد
misfortune (Bad luck; chance events with negative outcomes.)
الموضوعات
daily life
|emotions
|core_vocabulary
التعريف
Luck or chance that decides what happens to someone.
Chance or luck as it affects human affairs.
اسم
B2
3
He went to the city to seek his fortune.
A városba ment, hogy szerencsét próbáljon.
The old woman claimed she could tell your fortune.
Az idős asszony azt állította, hogy meg tudja jósolni a jövődet.
Her fortune changed after she got the new job.
أمثلة للمتعلّمين
She can tell your fortune.
Meg tudja jósolni a jövődet.
He left home to find his fortune.
Elment otthonról, hogy szerencsét próbáljon.
His fortune changed after the trip.
المعنى
A person's future or destiny
المتلازمات اللفظية
tell someone's fortune
|seek your fortune
المرادفات
fate (Implies inevitability and predetermination more strongly than 'fortune'.)
|
destiny (Often has a more poetic or grand connotation than 'fortune'.)
الأضداد
free will (The ability to choose one's actions regardless of destiny.)
الموضوعات
daily life
|philosophy
|core_vocabulary
التعريف
What will happen to someone in the future.
The future events that will happen to someone, often regarded as predetermined.
القواعد
الصيغة المعجمية
fortune
IPA
GB/fˈɔɹt͡ʃun/
US/fˈɔɹt͡ʃun/
المقاطع والنبر
for - tune (٢ مقاطع)
Stress on 1st syllable (for)
تصريفات الكلمة
Noun
- Base: fortune
- Plural: fortune, fortunes
عائلة الكلمة
Forms
fortunes
noun
Core family
fortunate
adjective B1
fortunately
adverb B1
Negative and opposite forms
التعبيرات
cost a fortune
1/kˈɔst ə fˈɔɹt͡ʃun/
fixed phrase
Be very expensive
To be very expensive and need a lot of money.
أمثلة
- That designer dress must have cost a fortune.
- It cost us a fortune to repair the car.
fortune smiles on [someone]
1/fˈɔɹt͡ʃun smˈaɪlz ˈɔn sˈʌmwˌʌn/
idiom
literary
Receive good luck unexpectedly
To have good luck happen to you without planning it.
أمثلة
- Fortune smiled on him when he found the missing keys.
- Fortune smiled on the team as they won without effort.
make a fortune
1/mˈeɪk ə fˈɔɹt͡ʃun/
fixed phrase
Earn a lot of money
To get a lot of money, usually quickly or easily.
أمثلة
- She made a fortune selling handmade jewelry online.
- He hopes to make a fortune in the stock market.
seek your fortune
1/sˈik jˈʊɹ fˈɔɹt͡ʃun/
fixed phrase
Try to get rich or successful
To go somewhere new to try to become rich or successful.
أمثلة
- Many young people went west to seek their fortunes.
- He left his hometown to seek his fortune in the big city.
tell someone's fortune
1/tˈɛl sˈʌmwˌʌnz fˈɔɹt͡ʃun/
fixed phrase
Predict someone's future events
To say what will happen to someone in the future, often using special cards or other methods.
أمثلة
- She told my fortune using tarot cards.
- They visited a woman who could tell their fortunes.