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n.天数,命运,运气 vt.注定,送命

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fam=to speak(说;论)

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fate


/feɪt; fet/
n
1 [U] power believed to control all events in a way that cannot be resisted; destiny 命运; 天数; 定数
*I wanted to go to India in June, but fate decided otherwise. 我本想六月去印度, 但天意难遂我愿.
2 [C]
(a) person's destiny or future (人的)命运或未来
*The court met to decide our fate(s). 法院开庭以决定我们的命运.
* I am resigned to my fate. 我听天由命.
(b) death or destruction 死亡; 毁灭
*He met his fate (ie died) bravely. 他死得很英勇.
3 (idm 习语) a ,fate worse than `death (joc 谑) very unpleasant experience 极不愉快的经历; 活受罪
*Having to watch their home movies all evening was a fate worse than death! 整个晚上无可奈何地看他们的家庭电影真受罪! tempt fate/providence => tempt.

v [only passive 只用于被动语态
*Tf, Cn.t] destine 命中注定; 命该
*It was fated (ie Fate decided) that we would fail. 我们注定要失败.
* He was fated to die in poverty. 他注定在贫困中死去.

fate


n
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French;Origin:Latin fatum 'what has been spoken (by the gods)', from fari 'to speak']
[C usually singular]
the things that will happen to someone, especially unpleasant events
 I wouldn't wish such a fate on my worst enemy.
fate of
 No one knows what the fate of the hostages will be.
The rest of Europe was to suffer the same fate .
A meeting to decide the fate of the factory is to be held today.
She wanted to prevent other children from meeting the same fate .
They had abandoned him and left him to his fate .
 Spencer's father had died young, and he feared that the same fate awaited him.
 They would rather starve to death than accept the fate of slavery.
She seemed placidly resigned to her fate .
the fate that befell a captured rebel general
Nothing is known of Green's origins or ultimate fate , only that he was involved in building the church.
[U]
a power that is believed to control what happens in people's lives
 Fate plays cruel tricks sometimes.
a twist/quirk of fate
(=something unexpected that happens)
 By a strange twist of fate Smith's first match is against the team that gave him the sack last season.
a fate worse than death
something terrible that might happen to you - often used humorously
 He had rescued an innocent young girl from a fate worse than death.
the Fates
the three goddesses who, according to the ancient Greeks, controlled what happened to people
tempt fateattempt
COLLOCATES for sense 1
suffer a fate
seal/decide/settle somebody's fate (=make it certain that something will happen to someone)
meet the same/a similar fate
leave/abandon somebody to their fate (=leave someone when something terrible could happen to them)
the fate awaiting somebody (=what will happen to someone)
accept a fate
resign yourself to your fate (=accept it)
a fate befalls somebody (=they suffer a particular fate)
somebody's ultimate fate (=the final things that happen)

1. But the Swiss did not take their fate lying down.
    但是瑞士人并不甘心接受被征服的命运.

2. By a quirk of fate, Humboldt and Bonpland met Mariano Luis de Urquijo, Prime Minister of Spain, who was able to obtain for them the permission to visit the Spanish empire in South America.
    由于命运的安排,洪堡和庞普朗遇到了西班牙首相乌而吉乔,他可以使他们得到前往南美洲的西班牙帝国去访问的许可。

3. The lower gun-ports were now below water and the inrush sealed the ship´s fate.
    低层炮眼已经淹没在水里了, 灌进船的水决定了船的命运,

4. The lower gun-ports were now below water and the inrush sealed the ship´s fate.
    下层炮眼已淹没在水里,涌进船舱的水给"瓦萨"号带来了难以逃脱的厄运。

5. He went home in despair to await his fate.
    他绝望地回到家里, 等待厄运的降临。

6. And it is only by chance that such a fate is avoided.
    因此,生物偶尔才能避免被吃掉的命运。

7. And then, when they were dead, the carnivores, like the sabre-toothed cats and the giant wolves, came out to feed and suffered exactly the same fate.
    大象死后,一些食肉动物,如剑齿虎和大灰狼就来吃大象,结果遭到了同样的命运。

8. "The responsibility we have for the future begins when we recognise that we ourselves create the future -- that the future is not something imposed upon us by fate or other forces beyond our control.
    “当我们认识到创造未来的正是我们自己,即未来不是由命运或其他不可抗拒的力量强加于我们的,我们也就由此开始肩负起了对未来的责任。

9. Murrow knew that Britain's fate depended upon the resolution of the people in the shops and streets, the men in the pubs, the housewives, those watching for fire on the roofs, the people who had a thousand difficult and painful things to do.
    默罗知道英国的命运取决于这些人的决心:商店里和马路上的人们、酒店里喝酒的男人们、家庭妇女们、那些在屋顶上监视着火情的人们、那些有无数困难而痛苦的事情要做的人们。

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