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- mass noun the development of events outside a person's control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power命中注定的事, 命运的安排; 天数, 天命：
fate decided his course for him
命运决定了他的人生轨迹
his injury is a cruel twist of fate.
他的伤是命运的残酷捉弄。
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- count noun the course of someone's life, or the outcome of a particular situation for someone or something, seen as outside their control命运; （无法控制的）结局, 结果：
he suffered the same fate as his companion.
他遭遇了和同伴一样的命运。
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- in sing. the inescapable death of a person无法避免的死亡：
the guards led her to her fate.
狱卒把她送上了不归之路。
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the Fates
Greek & Roman Mythology the three goddesses who preside over the birth and life of humans. Each person was thought of as a spindle, around which the three Fates (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos) would spin the thread of human destiny
verb
be fated
- be destined to happen, turn out, or act in a particular way命定, 注定：
with infinitive the regime was fated to end badly.该政权注定没有好下场。
短语
a fate worse than death
- 见DEATH.
seal someone's fate
- make it inevitable that something unpleasant will happen to someone决定某人的命运, 使无法逃避不快之事。
词源
late Middle English: from Italian fato or (later) from its source, Latin fatum 'that which has been spoken', from fari 'speak'.