English Dictionary

fortuitous

IPA（発音記号）

/fɔːˈtjuː.ɪ.təs/

形容詞

Happening by chance; coincidental, accidental. / Happening by a lucky chance; lucky or fortunate. / (law) Happening independently of human will.

日本語の意味

偶然に起こる、すなわち偶発的で意外な出来事を指す。 / 運が良い偶然、すなわち幸運な出来事としても使われる。 / （法律用語）人の意志とは無関係に起こる出来事を指す。

The fortuitous discovery of the old letter changed the course of her research.

古い手紙の偶然の発見が彼女の研究の方向性を変えた。

意味（1）

Happening by chance; coincidental, accidental.

意味（2）

Happening by a lucky chance; lucky or fortunate.

Admiral Kurita has no identification charts for escort carriers, and, so, assumes that the distant targets are fleet carriers. Commensurately, by scale, their escorts must either be battleships or cruisers. The Japanese forces therefore continue to load armor-piercing rounds, what will turn out to be a very fortuitous mistake for their targets for as long as it lasts.

意味（3）

(law) Happening independently of human will.

more fortuitous （ comparative ）

most fortuitous （ superlative ）