fortune

将“fortune”分解为“fort”和“une”，其中“fort”意味着坚强或力量，而“une”作为一个前缀，常表示否定或不。在记忆中，想象一个故事：一个坚固（fort）的城堡（une代表城堡是不稳定的，因为une常表示否定）在变化中积累着好运（fortune）。这样，即使城堡不稳定，它还是能够带来财富，帮助记忆这个单词。

fortune 运气，财富

来自拉丁语fortuna, 运气，机会，来自PIE*bher, 带来，词源同bring, infer. 引申词义财富。

fortune

fortune: [13] Latin fors meant ‘chance’ (it came ultimately from Indo-European *bhrtis, a derivative of the same base as produced English bear ‘carry’, and hence signified etymologically ‘that which fate brings along’). Formed from fors was fortuna, which was used both for the personification of ‘chance’ as a goddess, and for ‘luck’ in general – and in particular for ‘good luck’.

The notion of ‘good luck’ persists in most of the word’s modern descendants, including English fortune (acquired via Old French fortune) and fortunate [14], although Italian fortunale has opted for the downside of ‘luck’ – it means ‘storm at sea’. Another derivative of Latin fors was the adjective fortuitus ‘happening by chance’, from which English gets fortuitous [17].
=> bear, fortuitous

fortune (n.)

c. 1300, "chance, luck as a force in human affairs," from Old French fortune "lot, good fortune, misfortune" (12c.), from Latin fortuna "chance, fate, good luck," from fors (genitive fortis) "chance, luck," possibly ultimately from PIE root *bher- (1) "to carry" (see infer). If so, the sense might be "that which is brought."

Sense of "owned wealth" is first found in Spenser; probably it evolved from senses of "one's condition or standing in life," hence "position as determined by wealth," then "wealth, large estate" itself. Often personified as a goddess; her wheel betokens vicissitude. Soldier of fortune first attested 1660s. Fortune 500 "most profitable American companies" is 1955, from the list published annually in "Fortune" magazine. Fortune-hunter "one who seeks to marry for wealth" is from 1680s.

1. She built up her fortune by cannily playing the stock market.

她炒股有方，发了大财。

2. Jane is determined to hold on to her fortune.

简决心要守住自己的财产。

3. When fortune smiled on him, he made the most of it.

当好运来临时，他充分把握住了。

4. Good fortune will follow you, both in this world and the next.

无论今世还是来生，好运都会伴随你。

5. The late Earl passed on much of his fortune to his daughter.

已故伯爵将他的大部分财产传给了女儿。

【luck, lot, destiny, fortune, doom, fate】
这组词都有“命运”的意思，其区别是：
luck: 普通日常用词，指好的或坏的运气，尤多指好运气，有时也指成功或愉快的结局。
lot: 多指偶然的运气或终身遭受的不幸命运。
destiny: 普通用词，侧重预先注定的命运，对未来命运的美好憧憬。
fortune: 普通用词，指由机会或运气来决定的一种命运，如暗示一种比fate好的运气或一种愉快的未来。
doom: 指最终的，常常是灾难性或毁灭性的命运，隐含不可避免的意味。
fate: 较庄严用词，多指不幸的命运，暗示不可避免，令人畏惧和人的意志无法改变，宿命论色彩较浓。