The word "serendipity" was coined by Horace Walpole in an 1854 letter, from a tale of three princes who "were always making discoveries, by accident, of things they were not in search of".
“Serendipity”这个词，是在1854年由霍勒斯·沃波尔在一封信中创造的，这个词源于一个关于三个王子的故事，他们“总是意外地发现那些他们无意寻找的东西”。
Some of the best effects in my garden have been the result of serendipity.
我花园里最珍贵的几件物品是机缘巧合之下意外所得。
This is the kind of serendipity you want!
这正是那种你心心期盼的命中注定！
Conscientiousness is no friend to serendipity.
责任心并不是幸运的朋友。
It restores serendipity to the flow of information.
它能修复信息流中的惊喜。
I've let go of expectation, able to appreciate serendipity.
我已经放下了期望，能够欣赏serendipity。
Canyoneering is all about the serendipity of discovery, he says.
他说：“峡谷探险的乐趣就在于意外的发现。”
For Google, it means offering a serendipity engine for the Internet.
对于Google而言，意味着应该向互联网提供一个更具意外性的引擎。
Serendipity plays an enormously important role in travel photography.
意外之财在旅行摄影中扮演了极其重要的角色。
Serendipity smiles upon people who have a more relaxed approach to life.
机遇总向那些以更轻松方式生活的人微笑。
More than that, he is a role model: he excels in "managing serendipity".
更有甚者，他还是一个“善于把握大运”的榜样呢。
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。
The two biggest blocks to serendipity seem to be ego-fear and "other plans".
“意外之得”最大的两个阻碍似乎是“自己吓自己”和“其他计划”。
Serendipity brought us together... and no force on earth could tear us apart.
因缘际会让我们相遇…世上没有任何力量能分开我们。
I trust in the serendipity of each occasion leading to a life enhancing experience.
在各种机会中发现意外惊喜的能力会给生活带来非凡体验。
Recommendation engines are the enemy of serendipity and Great Books and the avant-garde.
推荐引擎绝对与那些奇遇发现、伟大著作和前卫派们势不两立。
Filming the 2008 death of Pansy, who was likely over the age of 50, was in part serendipity.
这次能在2008年拍到这头大概超过50岁的母猩猩潘茜的死亡也有点直觉般的运气成分。
Serendipity and luck are by their very nature unpredictable, and therefore not part of any good plan.
意外之得和幸运本质上都是不可预测的，因此不属于任何好计划的一部分。
It may be that, with regard to communication, there's a trade-off between efficiency and serendipity.
可能对于通讯而言，效率和新颖不可兼得。
However, if we actually manage to reduce risk and unpredictability, then we are also reducing serendipity.
然而，如果我们实际上却在努力减少风险和不可预见性，因此我们也减少了意外之得。
Previous reports have indicated that the guaiac-based FOBT can detect small adenomas only by serendipity.
已有的报道证实愈创木大便隐血实验基本上不能检出小腺瘤。
And whether or not any chance taken turns out well or badly, the benefits of regularly seizing serendipity are many.
而且无论每次机遇的结果是好是坏，抓住机遇还是有很多好处。
The centre is still operating today and through sheer serendipity we booked into a guesthouse less than fifty metres away.
音乐中心直到今天还在正常运作，意外的是我们所预订的客栈离它不到五十米远。
Britain's three favourite words are love, serendipity and family, according to a charity effort to build a "wall of words".
英国一项建造“词语墙”的慈善活动发现，爱、意外的发现和家庭三个词在英国最受青睐。
Serendipity is nice when it happens, but you may not wish to risk your precious thinking time hoping for random inspiration.
意想不到的事情降临的话当然不错，但你可能不希望宝贵的思考时间用于天马行空上。
Then serendipity stepped in.One morning Dr Liggins discovered that a lamb he had infused with cortisol had been born overnight.
机缘巧合之下，一天早上，利兢丝医生发现一只注射了皮质醇的羊羔在晚上生产了。
Then serendipity stepped in. One morning Dr Liggins discovered that a lamb he had infused with cortisol had been born overnight.
机缘巧合之下，一天早上，利兢丝医生发现一只注射了皮质醇的羊羔在晚上生产了。
Planning in itself is not a bad thing, but picking a single plan and obsessively sticking to it doesn't allow for much serendipity.
计划本身并不是一件坏事，但做一个简单的计划然后坚持则就是否决了许多意外收获。
Planning in itself is not a bad thing, but picking a single plan and obsessively sticking to it doesn't allow for much serendipity.
计划本身并不是一件坏事，但做一个简单的计划然后坚持则就是否决了许多意外收获。
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