英汉词典

fate 基本解释

• n. 命运
• vt. 注定
• n. (Fate)人名；(英)费特

fate 词态变化

fate 中文词源

来自PIE*bha, 说，预言，词源同phone, fable. 用于指神的预言，预测命运。

fate 英文词源

fate

fate: [14] Etymologically, fate is ‘that which is spoken’ – that is, by the gods. Like so many other English words, from fable to profess, it goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base *bha- ‘speak’. Its immediate source was Italian fato, a descendant of Latin fātum, which was formed from the past participle of the verb fārī ‘speak’.

That which the gods say determines the destiny of human beings, and so Latin fātum came to signify ‘what is preordained, destiny’. It was used in the plural fāta to personify the Fates, the three goddesses who preside over human destiny – their direct etymological descendants in English have been diminished to fairies. The derivative fatal [14] comes from Latin fatālis, perhaps via Old French fatal.
=> confess, fable, fairy, profess

fate (n.)

late 14c., "one's lot or destiny; predetermined course of life;" also "one's guiding spirit," from Old French fateand directly from Latin fata (source also of Spanish hado, Portuguese fado, Italian fato), neuter plural of fatum "prophetic declaration of what must be, oracle, prediction," thus the Latin word's usual sense, "that which is ordained, destiny, fate," literally "thing spoken (by the gods)," from neuter past participle of fari "to speak," from PIE *bha- (2) "speak" (see fame (n.)).

From early 15c. as "power that rules destinies, agency which predetermines events; supernatural predetermination;" also "destiny personified." Meaning "that which must be" is from 1660s; sense of "final event" is from 1768. The Latin sense evolution is from "sentence of the Gods" (Greek theosphaton) to "lot, portion" (Greek moira, personified as a goddess in Homer). The sense "one of the three goddesses (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos) who determined the course of a human life" is in English by 1580s. Often in a bad sense in Latin: "bad luck, ill fortune; mishap, ruin; a pest or plague." The native word in English was wyrd (see weird).

fate (v.)

"to preordain as if by fate; to be destined by fate," c. 1600, from fate (n.). Earlier it meant "to destroy" (c. 1400). Related: Fated; fating.

fate 词组搭配

fate 英文释义

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

2. 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"

fate 同义词解析

destiny, fate, lot, doom, luck, fortune

这些名词均有"命运，运气"之意。

destiny： 普通用词，侧重预先注定的命运，对未来命运的美好憧憬。

fate： 较庄严用词，多指不幸的命运，暗示不可避免，令人畏惧和人的意志无法改变，宿命论色彩较浓。

lot： 多指偶然的运气或终身遭受的不幸命运。

doom： 指最终的，常常是灾难性或毁灭性的命运，隐含不可避免的意味。

luck： 普通日常用词，指好的或坏的运气，尤多指好运气，有时也指成功或愉快的结局。

fortune： 普通用词，指由机会或运气来决定的一种命运，如暗示一种比fate好的运气或一种愉快的未来。

fate 双语例句

1. 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。

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2. 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。

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3. 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。

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4. 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。

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5. What we think of as fate is just two neuroses knowing that they are a perfect match.

所谓命运，只不过是两个疯子认为他们自己是天造一对，地设一双。

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fate 实用场景例句

Fate was kind to me that day.

那天我很幸运。

牛津词典

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。

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Each of the managers suffered the same fate .

每一个经理命运都是如此。

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The government had abandoned the refugees to their fate .

政府抛弃了难民，让他们听天由命。

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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。

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The fate of the three men is unknown.

这三个人命运未卜。

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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。

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The court will decide our fate/fates .

法庭将决定我们的命运。

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I see no use quarrelling with fate.

我看不出和命运抗争有什么用。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the fickleness of fate...

命运的无常

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I don't believe in fate.

我不相信命运.

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She sighed over her unhappy fate.

她悲叹自己不幸的命运.

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He wept over his sad fate.

他为他的悲惨命运而哭泣.

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Every man has a share of responsibility for the fate of his country.

国家兴亡,匹夫有责.

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They ascribed their disaster to an unkind fate.

他们把他们的灾难归于命不好.

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So we're together again. It must be fate.

咱俩又在一起了, 真是有缘分.

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Sir John Smith baronet abandoned his son to his fate.

约翰·史密斯爵士遗弃了儿子,任其受命运摆布.

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The former manager of the company repined against his cruel fate.

公司前经理怨叹命运对他太残酷.

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He does not believe in fate.

他不相信命运.

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He abandoned his daughter to her fate.

他遗弃了女儿,任其受命运摆布.

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She has resigned herself to fate.

她已经听天由命了.

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Must they reconcile themselves to their fate?

难道他们甘心忍受这种命运 吗 ?

《现代英汉综合大词典》

She wept her sad fate.

她为她的悲惨命运而哭泣.

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