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fortuity

/fawr-too-i-tee, -tyoo-/US // fɔrˈtu ɪ ti, -ˈtyu- //UK // (fɔːˈtjuːɪtɪ) //

偶然性,偶然的机会,巧合,偶然

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural for·tu·i·ties for 2, 3.

    • : the state or quality of being fortuitous; fortuitous character.
    • : an accidental occurrence.
    • : an instance of great luck or good fortune.

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Examples

  • For most people, their making it involves no luck, no fortuity, no assistance from barely visible yet ever-present forces.

  • But if the circumstance was a mere fortuity, the way the GOP used Ground Zero to its benefit was very much a matter of design.

  • It all rested on the fortuity of her getting five minutes alone with him.

  • His succession to the throne was rather a fortuity than the result of hereditary claim.

  • But such a chance, such an absolute and actual fortuity, is a chimera which never occurs in nature.

  • In the Bible there is no fortuity: a great secret was hidden here.

  • Let us change the situation then, but let us change it thoroughly, and so that its fortuity becomes powerless, and a law!