| 释义 |
fate /feɪt/ n. | vt. | phr.
I n.
1. 命运
decide (或 fix, seal) sb.'s fate 决定某人的命运
2. 天命，天数
Fate decreed that they should all die. 天命注定他们都要死去。
3. 命中注定的事，命运的安排；注定发生的事
Drowning was his sad fate. 他的苦命注定他要淹死。
It was my fate to meet him that very afternoon. 我那天下午遇到他是命运的安排。
4. 结局；结果
the fate of an appeal to a higher court 向上级法院上诉的结果
5. 正常发育的预期结果
the prospective fate of embryonic cells 胚胎细胞的预期演化
6. 毁灭，覆灭；灾难；死亡
go to one's fate 赴死
7. [常作F-]命运女神；[the Fates] 【希神】【罗神】命运三女神
II vt.
[常用被动语态]注定，命定
All men are fated to die. 人总是要死的。
It was fated that they should fail. 他们注定要失败。
[<L fātum oracular utterance < fārî to speak] phr. as sure as fate 的的确确，千真万确 meet one's fate 死，送命 tempt fate 蔑视命运；冒险 |