fortune

1.make a fortune是“发财”，make his（或my等）fortune是“发达”、“成功”、“得意”或“成家立业”。

2.fortune-teller是“算命先生”，fortune-telling是“算命”，注意用单数形式。tell fortunes（算命）中必须用复数形式，但tell (him) his fortune, tell (you) your fortune等表达方式里该用单数形式。“她请人给她算了命”该说She had her fortune told。

但说一个人的“遭遇”或“处境”往往用复数形式。例如：His fortunes soon took a turn for the better.

3.good fortune（好运）里的fortune是抽象名词，前面不可加a，也没有复数形式。fortune单独用作“好运”解也是这样。a piece of (good) fortune作“一件幸运的事”解。

4.have the good fortune后面接不定式，例如：I had the good fortune to meet him there.