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serendipity
ser·en·dip·ity / ˌserənˈdipəti / noun [U]
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 [mass noun] the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way
a fortunate stroke of serendipity
[count noun] 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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