fortunes
You can refer to a large sum of money as a fortune or a small fortune to emphasize how large it is.
He made a small fortune in the property boom.
他在房地产繁荣期发了一笔小财。
Someone who has a fortune has a very large amount of money.
He made his fortune in car sales.
他靠销售汽车发了财。
Fortune or good fortune is good luck. Ill fortune is bad luck.
Investors are starting to wonder how long their good fortune can last.
投资者们开始怀疑他们的好运还能持续多久。
If you talk about someone's fortunes or the fortunes of something, you are talking about the extent to which they are doing well or being successful.
The company had to do something to reverse its sliding fortunes.
该公司不得不采取措施来扭转其下滑的运势。
tell your fortune
When someone tells your fortune, they tell you what they think will happen to you in the future, which they say is shown, for example, by the lines on your hand.
I was just going to have my fortune told by a gypsy.
我正要去找一个吉普赛人给我算命。