an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman);
"we are helpless in the face of destiny"
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you);
"whatever my fortune may be" "deserved a better fate" "has a happy lot" "the luck of the Irish" "a victim of circumstances" "success that was her portion"
Verb
decree or designate beforehand;
"She was destined to become a great pianist"
例句
用作名词(n.)
Are we the puppets of fate?我们是听任命运摆布的傀儡吗？
She wondered what fate had in store for her next.她不知道以后等待她的将是什么命运。
The fate is waits for the matchmaker?宿命就是等待月老吗？
Theirs is a fate perennially suffered by intellectuals.他们的命运其实是知识分子长久以来承受的宿命。
词语用法
n.(名词)fate的基本意思是指不可改变、不可避免的“命运”,常含有令人畏惧或无可奈何的意味。 the Fates指希腊神话中的命运三女神,现在也有用the fates,用来指一切管理人的命运的神。
