缘分,有缘,凑巧,怎么用英语表达serendipity
serendipityser·en·dip·ity/ ˌserənˈdipəti / noun
the fact of sth interesting or pleasant happening by chance
巧事;机缘凑巧
• ser·en·dip·it·ous/ -ˈdipətəs / adj.:
serendipitous discoveries
偶然的幸运发现
when interesting or valuable discoveries are made by accident
• 〔有趣或有价值的事物的〕碰巧发现,机缘凑巧;
luck that takes the form of finding valuable or pleasant things that are not looked for
They found each other by pure serendipity.
noun the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way
a fortunate stroke of serendipity
a series of small serendipities
DERIVATIVES
serendipitous adjective serendipitously adverb
ORIGIN
1754: coined by Horace Walpole, suggested by The Three Princes of Serendip, the title of a fairy tale in which the heroes ‘were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of’
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