fate
noun uk/feɪt/ us/feɪt/
B2 [ C usually singular ]命中注定的事;命运;（尤指）厄运
what happens to a particular person or thing, especially something final or negative, such as death or defeat
We want to decide our own fate. 我们想决定自己的命运。
His fate is now in the hands of the jury. 现在他的命运掌握在陪审团的手中。
The disciples were terrified that they would suffer/meet the same fate as Jesus. 门徒们很害怕遭遇和耶稣一样的命运。
B2 [ U ]天意；定数
a power that some people believe causes and controls all events, so that you cannot change or control the way things will happen
When we met again by chance in Cairo, I felt it must be fate. 当我们再度在开罗偶遇时，我觉得这一定是天意了。
Fate has brought us together. 天意让我们相聚。
- More examples
- But for a cruel twist of fate, he could now be running his own business.
- He showed a stoic resignation towards his fate.
- It is somehow fixed in my mind that my fate and that woman's are intertwined.
- By an odd quirk of fate, we ended up on the same train.
- The fates of both countries seem somehow entwined.
Idioms
a fate worse than deathidiom informal humorous 令人极为不快的事
something you do not want to experience because it is so unpleasant
When you're 16, an evening at home with your parents seems like a fate worse than death. 到了16岁，晚上在家和父母呆在一起似乎是极其难受的事。
the Fatesidiom （古希腊人认为掌控人的命运的）命运三女神
three goddesses who the ancient Greeks believed controlled people's lives and decided when people must die