及物动词
名词
1. 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 .
2. (人或物的)命运,遭际
A person's or thing's fate is what happens to them.
3. 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.
4. to tempt fate - see tempt
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)
e.g. we are helpless in the face of destiny
Synonym: destiny
3. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
e.g. 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