fortuitous
의미: Happening by chance rather than by design, especially with a lucky or beneficial outcome.
Fortuitous strictly means 'happening by accident,' without any implication of good or bad luck. However, in modern usage it has increasingly come to mean 'fortunate' or 'lucky,' and this sense is now widely accepted. 'A fortuitous discovery,' 'a fortuitous meeting,' and 'a fortuitous coincidence' are standard collocations. Purists maintain the distinction between fortuitous (accidental) and fortunate (lucky), but the overlap is well established in journalism and everyday formal writing.
예문
- The fortuitous discovery of the manuscript in an attic transformed our understanding of the poet's early work. 在阁楼中偶然发现的手稿,彻底改变了我们对该诗人早期作品的理解。El fortuito descubrimiento del manuscrito en un desván transformó nuestra comprensión de la obra temprana del poeta.屋根裏部屋でその手稿が偶然発見されたことにより、その詩人の初期作品に対する理解が一変した。다락방에서 그 원고가 우연히 발견됨으로써 그 시인의 초기 작품에 대한 이해가 완전히 바뀌었다.
- It was entirely fortuitous that the two researchers happened to be working on the same problem simultaneously. 两位研究者恰好同时在研究同一问题,这完全是巧合。Fue enteramente fortuito que los dos investigadores estuvieran trabajando simultáneamente en el mismo problema.二人の研究者がたまたま同時に同じ問題に取り組んでいたのは、まったくの偶然だった。두 연구자가 공교롭게도 동시에 같은 문제를 연구하고 있었던 것은 전적으로 우연이었다.
- A fortuitous change in the wind direction steered the wildfire away from the village. 风向的意外转变使野火偏离了村庄。Un fortuito cambio en la dirección del viento desvió el incendio forestal del pueblo.風向きの偶然の変化により、山火事は村から逸れていった。풍향이 우연히 바뀌면서 산불이 마을에서 벗어나는 방향으로 이동했다.
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사용 가이드
맥락: media, academic, literary
어조: neutral
기원과 역사
From Latin fortuitus (happening by chance), from forte (by chance), ablative of fors (chance, luck). Related to 'fortune' but originally emphasising randomness rather than good luck.
문화적 배경
Era: Modern
Generation: All ages
Social background: Universal
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