fate

noun

1. 命中注定的事（尤指坏事）；命运的安排
   the things, especially bad things, that will happen or have happened to sb/sth
   1. The fate of the three men is unknown.
      这三个人命运未卜。
   2. She sat outside, waiting to find out her fate.
      她坐在外面，等待命运对她作出的安排。
   3. The court will decide our fate/fates .
      法庭将决定我们的命运。
   4. Each of the managers suffered the same fate .
      每一个经理命运都是如此。
   5. The government had abandoned the refugees to their fate .
      政府抛弃了难民，让他们听天由命。
   6. From that moment our fate was sealed (= our future was decided) .
      从那时起我们的命运就已经注定了。
2. 命运；天数；定数；天意
   the power that is believed to control everything that happens and that cannot be stopped or changed
   1. Fate was kind to me that day.
      那天我很幸运。
   2. By a strange twist of fate , Andy and I were on the same plane.
      由于命运的奇特安排，我和安迪乘坐了同一架飞机。

1. N-UNCOUNT 命运;宿命;定数;天意
   Fate is a power that some people believe controls and decides everything that happens, in a way that cannot be prevented or changed. You can also refer to the fates .
   1. I see no use quarrelling with fate.
      我看不出和命运抗争有什么用。
   2. ...the fickleness of fate...
      命运的无常
   3. It was just one of those times when you wonder whether the fates conspire against you.
      有些时候，你会怀疑是不是造化弄人，现在就是如此。
2. N-COUNT (人或物的)命运，遭际
   A person's or thing's fate is what happens to them.
   1. The Russian Parliament will hold a special session later this month to decide his fate...
      俄罗斯议会本月晚些时候将举行特别会议决定他的命运。
   2. He seems for a moment to be again holding the fate of the country in his hands...
      他似乎在一瞬间又一次将国家的命运握在了手中。
   3. The Casino, where she had often danced, had suffered a similar fate.
      她经常跳舞的赌场遭遇了相似的命运。
   4. ...the terrible fate awaiting humanity.
      等待人类的可怕命运
3. PHRASE 注定要失败;在劫难逃
   If something seals a person's or thing's fate, it makes it certain that they will fail or that something unpleasant will happen to them.
   1. The call for a boycott could be enough to seal the fate of next week's general election...
      抵制选举的呼吁足以注定下周大选失败的命运。
   2. And yesterday the Zoo's fate was sealed, largely due to two months of ever-dwindling entrance figures.
      昨日，伦敦动物园面临着关闭的命运，主要因为两个月来游客数量持续下滑。
4. to tempt fate → see: tempt

1. The fate line begins close to the wrist
   命运线始于接近手腕的地方。
2. My fate was bound up with hers
   我和她的命运紧密相连。
3. Custer was an idiot and a brute and he deserved his fate.
   卡斯特是个白痴，是个残暴的家伙，他罪有应得。
4. To be cast out from civilization was the worst fate that could possibly befall me.
   被文明社会抛弃是可能降临在我身上的最悲惨的命运。
5. They are concerned for the fate of the forest and the Indians who dwell in it
   他们为这片森林及居住于其中的印第安人的命运而担心。
6. I see no use quarrelling with fate.
   我看不出和命运抗争有什么用。
7. It was just one of those times when you wonder whether the fates conspire against you.
   有些时候，你会怀疑是不是造化弄人，现在就是如此。
8. The Russian Parliament will hold a special session later this month to decide his fate
   俄罗斯议会本月晚些时候将举行特别会议决定他的命运。
9. He seems for a moment to be again holding the fate of the country in his hands
   他似乎在一瞬间又一次将国家的命运握在了手中。
10. The Casino, where she had often danced, had suffered a similar fate.
    她经常跳舞的赌场遭遇了相似的命运。
11. The call for a boycott could be enough to seal the fate of next week's general election
    抵制选举的呼吁足以注定下周大选失败的命运。
12. And yesterday the Zoo's fate was sealed, largely due to two months of ever-dwindling entrance figures.
    昨日，伦敦动物园面临着关闭的命运，主要因为两个月来游客数量持续下滑。
13. Miller is gloomy about the fate of the serious playwright in America.
    米勒对这位严肃剧作家在美国的命运颇为忧虑。
14. Her fate intertwined with his.
    她与他的命运纠缠在一起。
15. Their fate is still in the melting pot.
    他们的命运仍然难以预料。
16. The fate of many British designers calls to mind the fable of the tortoise and the hare.
    许多英国设计师的命运令人想起了龟兔赛跑的故事。
17. Many of the papers muse on the fate of the President
    很多报纸都在揣测总统的命运。
18. The divorce would be granted when more important problems, notably the fate of the children, had been decided
    更为重要的问题，尤其是孩子的问题得到解决后，离婚会获批准。
19. They held his fate in the palms of their ancient hands.
    他们这些老人将他的命运掌握在手心里。
20. Took us quite a while to get here, didn't it? Talk about Fate moving in a mysterious way!
    我们用了很长时间才走到今天这步，是吧？这就叫命运难测啊！
21. As soon as you start to talk about never having played on a losing side, it is tempting fate.
    你刚说从来没输过，晦气就来了。
22. By a curious twist of fate, cricket was also my favourite sport
    让人感到惊奇的是，板球碰巧也是我最喜欢的运动。
23. In a cruel twist of fate, Ann's husband Bill is also suffering from the disease.
    造物弄人，安的丈夫比尔也患上了那种病。
24. He felt as though he were in the grip of Fate and had no volition of his own.
    他感觉自己好像被命运掌控，毫无自主选择的余地。
25. Every man has a share of responsibility for the fate of his country.
    国家兴亡，匹夫有责。
26. She has resigned herself to fate.
    她已经听天由命了。
27. He does not believe in fate.
    他不相信命运。
28. They are digging their own graves, and they have no right to blame fate or other people.
    自家掘坑自家埋，怨天尤人全是错误的。
29. We missed meeting. It must be fate.
    我俩无缘相见。
30. So we're together again. It must be fate.
    咱俩又在一起了，真是有缘分。

  fate destiny doom lot【导航词义：命运】

  fate n. 命运

〔辨析〕多指不好的命运，带有不可避免的意味。

  destiny n. 命运，天意

〔辨析〕指将来一定会发生在某人身上的事情，尤指无法改变或控制的事。

  doom n. 厄运，劫数

〔辨析〕指不可避免的悲惨命运，如死亡、毁灭等。

  lot n. 命运，处境

〔辨析〕指工作、社会地位等所处的境况，尤指不太好的处境。

n.

a fate worse than death

• （可能发生的）极可怕的事
  a terrible thing that could happen

tempt fate/providence

• 玩命；冒险；鲁莽
  to do sth too confidently in a way that might mean that your good luck will come to an end

noun

1. an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

   Synonym:    destiny

2. the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)
   1. we are helpless in the face of destiny

   Synonym:    destiny

3. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
   1. whatever my fortune may be
   2. deserved a better fate
   3. has a happy lot
   4. the luck of the Irish
   5. a victim of circumstances
   6. success that was her portion

   Synonym:    fortunedestinylucklotcircumstancesportion

verb

1. decree or designate beforehand
   1. She was destined to become a great pianist

   Synonym:    destinedoomdesignate