serendipity

英 [ˌserənˈdɪpəti]

美 [ˌserənˈdɪpəti]

n. 巧事; 机缘凑巧

GRE

BNC.34544 / COCA.23199

牛津词典

noun

巧事；机缘凑巧
the fact of sth interesting or pleasant happening by chance

柯林斯词典

N-UNCOUNT (意外发现或发明新奇或有价值事物的)运气,走运,机缘凑巧
Serendipityis the luck some people have in finding or creating interesting or valuable things by chance.
1. Some of the best effects in my garden have been the result of serendipity.
  我园子里最珍贵的几件物品是机缘巧合之下意外所得。

英英释义

noun

good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries

双语例句

Sometimes, serendipity is the best guide.
有时候，意外发现就是最好的导游。
When I talk to conference devotees, they often say that one of the attractions of such events is precisely this note of serendipity.
当我与热衷参会的人聊天时，他们总是说到这些活动吸引人的一个地方正是这种意外之得。
So often it is pure serendipity there is no grand plan, no career map.
很多时候完全属于机缘巧合，没有任何远大的计划，没有任何职业规划。
When you look back on your life it will seem linear and logical, but while you are going through it it's all haphazard and serendipity. And that's the fun of it.
当你回首人生路时，你可能只看到一条逻辑清晰的轨迹，但当你经历其中时，你会发现生活充满了偶然性和意外发现，而这就是人生的乐趣。
Serendipity now has Spell Alert and Floating Combat Text feedback support.
现在有了法术预警和滚动战斗记录。
Of course online research and analysis are useful tools, but they never deliver the intimacy and serendipity that you can achieve by visiting places in person.
当然，在线调研和分析也是有用的手段，但它们不可能带来亲自造访一些地方所能获得的那种亲密感和美妙发现。
But even he admits that serendipity plays a big part in a successful hunt.
但即使是舒宾本人也坦承：偶然因素在成功的搜寻中起到了极大的作用。
This is Pavlov's famous dog and it's an example of scientific serendipity.
这便是巴甫洛夫的那条著名的狗，这是一个科学研究中的意外。
It's just a huge amount of serendipity involved which project will succeed technically, which one will have the right market outcome.
这里面涉及许多的意外发现珍宝的能力，研究哪个项目在技术层面上没有问题，哪个项目会得到市场回报。
Certainly that is sometimes true: Serendipity or ( depending on your belief system) random chance can be the reason you narrowly miss an airport closure or get the last cab in a rainstorm.
当然，某种程度上的确是。幸运或者是（取决于你的信仰）偶然也许可以解释你为什么差一点就碰上机场关闭或者在暴雨中打到了最后一辆出租车。