fate['feit]

• n.
  • 命运
  • 天数，天命
  • • 命中注定的事
    • 运气；好运
  • (预言的)结局，最终结果
  • 死亡；破坏，毁灭；厄运
  • (正常发展的)预期演变，预期结果
  • [the Fates]【古典神话】命运之女神
• vt.
  • 命定，注定，决定[现通常用于被动语态]：

    It was fated that they should fail.

    他们注定要失败。

• 近义词:

  destiny.doom.lot.portion

• 短语:
  • abandon someone to his fate 让某人自生自灭
  • as sure as fate 必然，肯定无疑地
  • go to one's fate 死亡；自取灭亡
  • have someone's fate in one's hands 手中掌握着某人的命运
  • meet one's fate
    • 死，送死，被杀
    • 遇到命中注定要做自己妻子的女人[亦作 find one's fate]
  • one's fate is sealed 某人的命运已经定了
  • please the fates 如果情况许可；要是一切顺利
  • seal (或 decide, fix) someone's fate 决定某人的命运
  • take one's fate into one's own hands 掌握自己的命运
  • tempt (one's) fate 蔑视命运；冒险
• 变形:

  vt.fated.fating