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单词 fateful
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Definition of fateful in English:

fateful

adjective ˈfeɪtfʊlˈfeɪtf(ə)lˈfeɪtfəl
  • Having far-reaching and often disastrous consequences or implications.

    决定性的,重大的;灾难性的,致命的

    a fateful oversight

    重大失察。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Politically-motivated gregariousness and poor time organisation proved fateful.
    • On that fateful night a disastrous landslide wrecked havoc on their scenic community.
    • He no longer sits up nights like he used to, but memories of the fateful decision haunt him every day.
    • He took the fateful decision to jump from the dinghy and swim for the shore but did not make it, despite being a strong swimmer and fit.
    • It was truly difficult to express into words what she had gone through on that fateful day.
    • Both films follow three people whose lives become entangled after a fateful accident.
    • This was the one time she misused her powers, and it proved to have fateful consequences.
    • It was the one name that the queen was loath to hear at that fateful moment and her heart was hardened.
    • I remember yelling at my brother in shock and disbelief that fateful April Fools' night.
    • I realized many of the young men who lost their lives that fateful December were the same age as my own sons are now.
    • After that fateful year, they made it to the finals only four times and they lost each time in a close contest.
    • But one fateful night, she forgot to replace the capstone on the sacred spring.
    • It is obvious that they expect him to make a more compelling case before such a fateful juncture is reached.
    • She spoke with us about fateful encounters and the knowledge she has gleaned.
    • At this fateful juncture in our history it is vital that we see clearly who are our enemies, and that we deal with them.
    • It's a fateful symbiosis in a downward spiral of political aspiration.
    • For many, this was the horrifying, almost fateful consequence of the life he had led.
    • Fifty years after that first, fateful visit to Recreation Park, he saw silverware raised aloft.
    • Then late in the summer comes the fateful day when you discover your results.
    • However, those same predictions can whip us into frenzy if the fateful deadline looms ahead.
    Synonyms
    decisive, determining, critical, crucial, pivotal
    momentous, important, of great importance, all-important, key, significant, far-reaching
    historic, weighty, consequential, of great consequence, epoch-making, portentous, apocalyptic
    informal earth-shattering, world-shattering, earth-shaking, world-shaking
    disastrous, ruinous, calamitous, cataclysmic, devastating, destructive, tragic, awful, terrible, harmful, fatal, deadly

Derivatives

  • fatefully

  • adverb
    • Instead of favoring his father-in-law, he fatefully stated that his ultimate allegiance was with the nation and its people.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘Nothing can go wrong now,’ he uttered fatefully.
      • The story builds fatefully towards the final dinner party of the weekend.
      • He was simply - perhaps fatefully - less presidential than his opponent.
      • As in most recovery narratives, the road to sobriety leads crookedly but fatefully to rehab.
  • fatefulness

  • noun
    • One of the key principles of their religion was that there is much to be learned about divine fatefulness in the reading of the sky.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Nowadays it is the refugee to whom we attribute the qualities of fatefulness, tragedy, and loss.
      • All through the movie the original music creates an almost subliminal feeling-the unconscious texture of sadness and melancholy, the mood of fatefulness.

Definition of fateful in US English:

fateful

adjectiveˈfātfəlˈfeɪtfəl
  • Having far-reaching and often disastrous consequences or implications.

    决定性的,重大的;灾难性的,致命的

    a fateful oversight

    重大失察。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is obvious that they expect him to make a more compelling case before such a fateful juncture is reached.
    • After that fateful year, they made it to the finals only four times and they lost each time in a close contest.
    • But one fateful night, she forgot to replace the capstone on the sacred spring.
    • This was the one time she misused her powers, and it proved to have fateful consequences.
    • It's a fateful symbiosis in a downward spiral of political aspiration.
    • For many, this was the horrifying, almost fateful consequence of the life he had led.
    • It was truly difficult to express into words what she had gone through on that fateful day.
    • Politically-motivated gregariousness and poor time organisation proved fateful.
    • She spoke with us about fateful encounters and the knowledge she has gleaned.
    • Both films follow three people whose lives become entangled after a fateful accident.
    • Then late in the summer comes the fateful day when you discover your results.
    • Fifty years after that first, fateful visit to Recreation Park, he saw silverware raised aloft.
    • At this fateful juncture in our history it is vital that we see clearly who are our enemies, and that we deal with them.
    • He took the fateful decision to jump from the dinghy and swim for the shore but did not make it, despite being a strong swimmer and fit.
    • However, those same predictions can whip us into frenzy if the fateful deadline looms ahead.
    • I realized many of the young men who lost their lives that fateful December were the same age as my own sons are now.
    • I remember yelling at my brother in shock and disbelief that fateful April Fools' night.
    • On that fateful night a disastrous landslide wrecked havoc on their scenic community.
    • He no longer sits up nights like he used to, but memories of the fateful decision haunt him every day.
    • It was the one name that the queen was loath to hear at that fateful moment and her heart was hardened.
    Synonyms
    decisive, determining, critical, crucial, pivotal
    disastrous, ruinous, calamitous, cataclysmic, devastating, destructive, tragic, awful, terrible, harmful, fatal, deadly
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