Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 – English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary
fortune
for‧tune S3 W3 /ˈfɔːtʃən $ ˈfɔːr-/ BrE AmE noun 1. MONEY a very large amount of money: He made a fortune selling property in Spain. My first painting sold for £25, a small fortune then for an art student. He died in poverty in 1947, but his art is worth a fortune. The carpet must have cost a fortune. It is quite easy to decorate your house without spending a fortune. Her personal fortune was estimated at £37 million. 2. CHANCE chance or luck, and the effect that it has on your life: I had the good fortune to work with a brilliant head of department. Sickness or ill fortune could reduce you to a needy situation. I felt it was useless to struggle against fortune. 3. WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU the good or bad things that happen in life: a downturn in the company’s fortunes This defeat marked a change in the team’s fortunes. The geographical position of the frontier fluctuated with the fortunes of war (=the things that can happen during a war). 4. tell sb’s fortune to tell someone what will happen to them in the future by looking at their hands, using cards etc ⇨ ↑soldier of fortune, ⇨ fame and fortune at ↑fame, ⇨ a hostage to fortune at ↑hostage(3), ⇨ seek your fortune at ↑seek(4) • • • COLLOCATIONS verbs ▪ make a fortune (also amass a fortune formal) (=gain a lot of money) His family amassed a fortune during that period.
▪ make your fortune (=become rich) She made her fortune in the cosmetics industry. ▪ earn a fortune He hopes to earn a fortune from his latest invention. ▪ lose a fortune (=lose a lot of money) He lost a fortune in an unwise business deal. ▪ cost a fortune (=be very expensive) It’ll cost a fortune if we go by taxi. ▪ spend a fortune You don’t have to spend a fortune giving your family healthy meals. ▪ pay a fortune (=pay a lot of money) We had to pay a fortune in rent. ▪ inherit a fortune (=gain a lot of money after someone dies) He inherited a fortune of a million pounds from his uncle.
▪ leave somebody a fortune (=arrange for someone to receive a lot of money after you die) He left his wife a modest fortune. ADJECTIVES/NOUN + fortune ▪ a huge/vast/immense fortune Timothy was the heir to a vast fortune. ▪ a large/substantial/considerable fortune His father, an oil magnate, amassed a large fortune. ▪ a small fortune (=a very large amount of money) He made a small fortune in the London property boom. ▪ a personal/private fortune She is one of the richest women in Britain, with an estimated personal fortune of £90 million. ▪ a £20 million/$40 million etc fortune She is believed to have a £25 million fortune.
phrases ▪ be worth a fortune informal: The building itself is worth a fortune.fortunehu◎<"fɔ:t∫u:n>※danh từ ■vận (may hay rủi) ☆by a stroke of (good) fortune, he won the competition do một chút may mắn, anh ta đã chiến thắng cuộc đua ☆to be a victim of ill fortune là nạn nhân của vận rủi ☆I”d the good fortune to be chosen for a trip abroad tôi có may mắn được chọn cho đi nước ngoài ☆to try one”s fortune cầu may ☆the party”s fortunes were at their lowest level after the election defeat vận may của đảng lúc đó ở mức thấp nhất sau thất bại bầu cử ■vận mệnh hoặc tương lai của một con người; số phận ☆to tell someone”s fortune; to tell someone his fortune đoán số của ai ☆to tell fortunes bói toán; làm nghề bói toán ☆to have one”s fortune told xem bói (hỏi ý kiến thầy bói) ■sự giàu có, sự thịnh vượng; của cải, cơ đồ ☆to make one”s fortune phát đạt, phát tài ☆he made a considerable fortune selling waste materials anh ta giàu to nhờ buôn bán vật liệu phế thải ☆to marry a fortune lấy vợ giàu ☆to inherit a large fortune thừa kế một gia sản lớn 〆a soldier of fortune ✓lính đánh thuê 〆fortune favours the bold ✓có gan thì làm giàu 〆to try the fortune of war ✓thử liều chinh chiến (để xây dựng cơ đồ) 〆a hostage to fortune ✓con tin có tính cách quyết định 〆to seek one”s fortune ✓tìm vận may, cầu may 〆a small fortune ✓nhiều tiền ☆the car cost me a small fortune chiếc xe hơi này tôi phải mất nhiều tiền mới mua được ※nội động từ ■(từ cổ,nghĩa cổ), (thơ ca) may; xảy ra ☆it fortuned that he was at home then may mà lúc ấy anh ta lại có ở nhà
