為什麼這篇fortunate用法鄉民發文收入到精華區：因為在fortunate用法這個討論話題中，有許多相關的文章在討論，這篇最有參考價值！作者illufox ( )看板GRE_Verbal標題Re: [字彙] fortuitous的反義？...
根據另一本字典 American Heritage 的解釋，當作 fortunate 的用法目前被廣泛
視為一種錯誤用法。
fortuitous
adj.
1. Happening by accident or chance. See Synonyms at accidental.
2. Usage Problem
a. Happening by a fortunate accident or chance.
b. Lucky or fortunate.
Usage Note: In its best-established sense, fortuitous means "happening
by accident or chance." Thus, a fortuitous meeting may have either
fortunate or unfortunate consequences. For decades, however, the word
has often been used in reference to happy accidents, as in The company's
profits were enhanced as the result of a fortuitous drop in the cost of
paper. This use may have arisen because fortuitous resembles both
fortunate and felicitous. Whatever its origin, the use is well established
in the writing of reputable authors.·The additional use of fortuitous to
mean "lucky or fortunate," is more controversial, as in He came to the
Giants in June as the result of a fortuitous trade that sent two players
back to the Reds. This use dates back at least to the 1920s, when H.W.
Fowler labeled it a malapropism, but it is still widely regarded as
incorrect.
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※ 引述《Evenroll (怎樣才能充滿活力？)》之銘言：
: 問一題反義
: Fortuitous
: (A) unfortunate
: (B) stupid
: (C) designed
: (D) fearful
: (E) pious
: Ans: (C)
: ----
: Fortuitous第二定義就是Fortunate
: 那為什麼不能選(A)呢？
: 是最好要選第一定義的反義嗎？？
: M-W:
: Fortuitous
: 1 : occurring by chance
: 2 a : FORTUNATE, LUCKY <from a cost standpoint, the
: company's timing is fortuitous -- Business Wee>
: b : coming or happening by a lucky chance <belted down the stairs,
: and there was a fortuitous train -- Doris Lessing>
: synonyms see ACCIDENTAL
: usage: Sense 2a has been influenced in meaning by fortunate.
: It has been in standard if not elevated use for some 70 years, but is still
: disdained by some critics. Sense 2b, a blend of 1 and 2a, is virtually
: unnoticed by the critics. Sense 1 is the only sense commonly used in negative
: constructions.
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◆ From: 140.112.30.35
※ 編輯: illufox 來自: 140.112.30.35 (04/18 18:03)
推 Evenroll:瞭解了～感謝:) 140.112.5.6 04/18 22:37
推 nukchichi:那A 為何不行 = =" (拍謝~還是不懂) 140.122.238.20 04/18 23:45
→ nukchichi:因為這個嗎fortunate or unfortunate 140.122.238.20 04/18 23:47
→ nukchichi:consequences 所以A可能是同義嚕?!!! 140.122.238.20 04/18 23:47