中文词源
fortune-teller 算命先生，发财先生
即预测财富的先生，算命先生。
英语词源
- fortune-teller (n.)
- also fortuneteller, 1580s, from fortune + teller. Verbal phrase tellen fortune is from early 15c.; verbal noun fortune-telling is by 1570s.
权威例句
- 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。