根据另一本字典 American Heritage 的解释，当作 fortunate 的用法目前被广泛 视为一种错误用法。 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. http://www.tfd.com ※ 引述《Evenroll (怎样才能充满活力？)》之铭言： : 问一题反义 : Fortuitous : (A) unfortunate : (B) stupid : (C) designed : (D) fearful : (E) pious : Ans: (C) : ---- : Fortuitous第二定义就是Fortunate : 那为什麽不能选(A)呢？ : 是最好要选第一定义的反义吗？？ : 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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