fortunateとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːt͡ʃənɪt/, /ˈfɔːt͡ʃənət/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹt͡ʃənɪt/, /ˈfɔɹt͡ʃnɪt/
  • (General American, weak-vowel merger) IPA^(key): [ˈfoɹt͡ʃənətʰ], [ˈfoɹt͡ʃnətʰ]
  • ハイフネーション: for‧tu‧nate

形容詞

fortunate (comparative more fortunate, superlative most fortunate)

1. Auspicious.

   It is a fortunate sign if the sun shines on a newly wedded couple.

   • 1854, Edward Stanley, A Familiar History of Birds : Their Nature, Habits and Instincts‎^[1], page 144:

     if it sits still, with its breast towards them, till they have passed, they consider it as a fortunate sign, and everything is expected to go on well during the remainder of their journey

2. Happening by good luck or favorable chance.

   Patrick was the unlikely match-winner as Berkeley earned a fortunate victory over Chisolm.

   • 2011, George G. Szpiro, Pricing the Future: Finance, Physics, and the 300-year Journey to the Black-Scholes Equation‎^[2]:

     How many lucky winners, Regnault lamented, boastfully ascribe their success to wise decisions while in reality their triumph was nothing more than the fortunate outcome of random events?

   • 2018 July 11, “How Nina Weiner turns dreams into a reality”, in The Jerusalem Post:

     Weiner acknowledges that a stroke of good luck has helped steer her to a more fortunate path early on in life.

3. Favored by fortune.

   We were fortunate not to be fined for speeding.

   This is a time when we think of those less fortunate than ourselves.

同意語

• (auspicious): rosy; see also Thesaurus:auspicious
• (happening by favorable chance): lucky; see also Thesaurus:lucky
• (favored by fortune): privileged, successful; see also Thesaurus:prosperous

反意語

• unlucky
• unfortunate

派生語

• unfortunately
• fortunately

参考

• unluckily
• luckily

参照

• fortunate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• fortunate at OneLook Dictionary Search