• n. 意外發(fā)現(xiàn)珍奇事物的本領(lǐng)；有意外發(fā)現(xiàn)珍寶的運(yùn)氣

來(lái)自波斯童話(huà)故事《斯里蘭卡三王子：The Three Princes of Serendip》，講述了古斯里蘭卡 的三個(gè)王子好運(yùn)不斷， 機(jī)緣巧合的奇妙故事。來(lái)自 Serendip,斯里蘭卡古稱(chēng)，來(lái)自梵語(yǔ) Simhaladvipa,獅子島，來(lái)自 simhah,獅子，詞源同 Singapore,新加坡，字面意思為獅子城，dvipa, 島嶼，詞源同 Maldives,馬爾代夫。

serendipity

serendipity: [18] Serendipity – the ‘faculty of making lucky discoveries’ – was coined in 1754 by the British writer Horace Walpole (1717–97). He took it from The Three Princes of Serendip, the title of a fairy tale whose leading characters, in Walpole’s words, ‘were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of’. (Serendip is an old name for Sri Lanka.)

serendipity (n.)

1754 (but rare before 20c.), coined by Horace Walpole (1717-92) in a letter to Horace Mann (dated Jan. 28); he said he formed it from the Persian fairy tale "The Three Princes of Serendip," whose heroes "were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of." The name is from Serendip, an old name for Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka), from Arabic Sarandib, from Sanskrit Simhaladvipa "Dwelling-Place-of-Lions Island."

1. Some of the best effects in my garden have been the result of serendipity.

我園子里最珍貴的幾件物品是機(jī)緣巧合之下意外所得。

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2. " It was serendipity all the way, " he says.

用他的話(huà)說(shuō)是 “ 一直都很走運(yùn) ”.

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3. Chiefly, it creates much more room for coincidence and serendipity.

首先, 凌亂無(wú)章為偶發(fā)事件及易遇奇緣創(chuàng)造了更多機(jī)會(huì).

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4. Serendipity came to the rescue.

解決的方法發(fā)現(xiàn)得很偶然.

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5. Previous reports have indicated that the guaiac - based FOBT can detect small adenomas only by serendipity.

已有的報(bào)道證實(shí)愈創(chuàng)木大便隱血實(shí)驗(yàn)基本上不能檢出小腺瘤.

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