fate
/feɪt/
n.
一句话记住
命运;天数;结局;遭遇;命运安排
释义与例句
n.
命运;天数
a power that some people believe controls everything that happens and cannot be avoided
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She believes fate brought them together on that train.
她相信是命运让他们在那趟火车上相遇。
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He wondered whether his success was due to fate or hard work.
他想知道自己的成功是源于命运还是努力。
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It seemed like fate when they met again after twenty years.
二十年后他们再次相遇,这似乎是天意。
n.
结局;遭遇;命运安排
what happens to a person or thing, especially an unpleasant final result
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The court will decide the fate of the historic building next month.
法院将于下月决定这座历史建筑的命运。
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Several smaller airlines suffered the same fate during the recession.
经济衰退期间,数家规模较小的航空公司遭遇了同样的结局。
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The fate of the missing sailors remained unknown for weeks.
失踪水手的下落有好几周一直无人知晓。
词源与构词
记忆钩子
fate 表示“命运力量”时通常不可数;表示某人或某事的具体结局时常说 the fate of...,如 the fate of the project。
词族与关联词
词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
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fateful 有重大影响的;决定命运的形容词,常修饰产生重大且多为不良后果的日子、决定或事件,如 a fateful decision。
同义词
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destiny 命运;天命;前途fate 常强调无法改变的外在力量或最终遭遇,负面语境较多;destiny 也可指命运,但常更宽泛地指一个人或民族的未来,可与宏伟目标或积极前途搭配,不必然含消极意味。She wanted to take control of her own destiny. 她想掌握自己的命运。
常见搭配
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decide someone's fate 决定某人的命运A panel of judges will decide the finalists' fate. 评审小组将决定入围决赛者的去留。
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seal someone's fate 决定某人的最终命运;使结局成为定局The failed merger sealed the company's fate. 合并失败使这家公司的结局成为定局。
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suffer the same fate 遭遇同样的命运Without investment, other local shops may suffer the same fate. 如果没有投资,当地其他商店可能也会遭遇同样的命运。