单词 Collocations with fortune 释义

Collocations withfortune

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changing fortunesDespite the changing fortunes of central political power, the 8th century represented the apogee of the reign, also a period of economic prosperity.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.considerable fortuneHe amassed a considerable fortune from it—a dreadful thing to do.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0electoral fortuneSimilarly, turnout at legislative elections is an important consideration in explaining and predicting the electoral fortunes of parties or candidates.From theCambridge English Corpusenormous fortuneHowever, by the time of his death in 1852, he had gathered an enormous fortune and several hundred thousand acres of land.From theCambridge English Corpusfamily fortuneAs a landed gentleman, however, there is only one way to recover the family fortune, and that is to marry for it.From theCambridge English Corpusgood fortuneIf true, it was a tactical mistake of historic proportion, and extraordinary good fortune for the insurgents who lost no time in exploiting it adeptly.From theCambridge English Corpusill fortuneMoreover, the outcast colonial generally deserves his ill fortune because he is a reprobate.From theCambridge English Corpusimmense fortuneWhat remained of his immense fortune allowed them again, this time to live more richly.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.personal fortuneThis would explain the bitter nature of local struggles, directly linked to questions of personal fortune.From theCambridge English Corpuspolitical fortuneIt happens to be a party point at the moment but that is an accident of political fortune.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0reversal of fortuneA reversal of fortune came two years later by a more conventional path.From theCambridge English Corpussmall fortuneI have not tried to make out that the fisherman has been making a small fortune.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0vast fortuneI realise that it would cost a vast fortune to improve them.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org/collocation/english/fortune##