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fatefeItthe things that happen to a particular person or thing, esp. something final or negative, such as death or defeat命运;(死亡或失败的)结局We demand the right to vote and decide our own fate.我们要求选举权，自己决定自己的命运。British companies are trying to avoid the fate that has already befallen their American counterparts.英国公司正努力避免已经降临到美国同类公司头上的厄运。If you say that something is, or would be, a fate worse than death, you mean that it is something you do not want to experience because it is so unpleasant, boring, etc.比死还不如的事情A week with my Aunt would be a fate worse than death.跟我姑姑过一星期会是比死还糟糕的事。Fate is also a power that is considered to cause and control all events, so that people cannot change or control the way things will happen.天命，天数When we met again by chance in Cairo, she said" It must be fate. "我们又一次偶然在开罗相遇时，她说：“这是命运的安排。”It seemed that a trip to France was what Fate had in store for me (= was what was certain to happen next).似乎去法国旅行是我命中注定的事。The Fates were three goddesses whom the ancient Greeks believed controlled people's lives and decided when people must die.(古希腊人认为决定人的生死的)命运三女神
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