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fate

noun
 
/feɪt/
/feɪt/
Idioms
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  1.  
    [countable] the things, especially bad things, that will happen or have happened to somebody/something命中注定的事（尤指坏事）；命运的安排
    • The fate of the three men is unknown.这三个人命运未卜。
    • 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。
    • The court will decide our fate/fates.法庭将决定我们的命运。
    • Each of the managers suffered the same fate.每一个经理命运都是如此。
    • The government had abandoned the refugees to their fate.政府抛弃了难民，让他们听天由命。
    • 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。
    Extra Examples
    • He faces a grim fate if he is sent back to his own country.如果他被遣送回国，他的命运将会很悲惨。
    • He had no desire to share the fate of his executed comrades.他不想遭受与他那些被处决的同志同样的命运。
    • He had signed his confession and sealed his own fate.他在自己的供状上签了字，也就决定了自己的命运。
    • He will learn his fate in court tomorrow.明天到了法庭他就会知道自己的命运。
    • His brother met an altogether different fate.他哥哥的命运截然不同。
    • His fate rests in the hands of the judges.他的命运掌握在法官们的手中。
    • Instead of just bemoaning your fate, why not do something to change it?与其悲叹自己的命运，何不行动起来去改变它呢？
    • Jackson deserves a better fate than this.杰克逊的命运应该比这样好。
    • Our fate is tied to yours.我们的命运和你们的紧密相连。
    • She broke her ankle before the big game, then suffered the same fate a month later.大赛之前她弄伤了脚踝，一个月后她又遇到了同样的不幸。
    • She faces an uncertain fate.她面临着一个不确切的命运。
    • She has taken steps to control her own fate.她已采取措施以掌控自己的命运。
    • She managed to escape the fate of the other rebels.她总算逃过了其他造反者的厄运。
    • The condemned men were resigned to their fate.被判刑的人只好接受自己的命运。
    • The convicts awaited their fate in prison.已决犯在狱中等待着自己的命运。
    • The fate of the African wild dog hangs in the balance.非洲野狗的命运还是个未知数。
    • The jury held the fate of the accused in their hands.陪审团掌握着被告的命运。
    • The ultimate fate of the captured troops is unknown.没有人知道被俘部队的最终命运。
    • They decided to kill themselves rather than suffer a worse fate at the hands of their enemy.他们决定宁愿自杀也不愿落在敌人的手里，那样命运会更惨。
    • They were warned of the dreadful fate that awaited them if ever they returned to their homes.他们受到警告：如果回家就会面临可怕的命运。
    • They're worried about their political fate.他们担心自己的政治结局。
    • This team's fate depends on how it performs today.该队的命运取决于它今天在比赛中的表现。
    • Under-representation is the likely fate of small parties.得不到足够的代表很可能是小党派的命运。
    • What an unfortunate fate the gods had condemned her to.众神加诸她的是多么不幸的命运啊。
    • What had he done to deserve such a terrible fate?他到底做了什么，竟然遭受这样悲惨的命运？
    • Will it change the fate of the company?这会改变公司的命运吗？
    • Worst of all was the fate that befell the captured rebel general.那个被俘的叛军将领命运最为悲惨。
    • the almost inevitable fate awaiting gorillas and tigers等待大猩猩和老虎的几乎无法避免的命运
    • the rights of a woman to choose the fate of her body女性选择自己身体命运的权利
    • From the moment the hijackers took over the plane, their fate was sealed.从劫机者劫持飞机的那一刻起，他们的命运就已经注定了。
    • Fortunately, Robert was spared this cruel fate.罗伯特有幸免遭这一残酷结局。
    • He had no idea what fate was in store for him.他不知道等待他的将是什么样的命运。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • awful
    • grim
    • horrible
    • …
    verb + fate
    • face
    • meet
    • suffer
    • …
    fate + verb
    • await somebody/​something
    • be in store for somebody/​something
    • lie in store for somebody/​something
    • …
    phrases
    • leave your fate in somebody’s hands
    • place your fate in somebody’s hands
    • put your fate in somebody’s hands
    • …
    See full entry
  2.  
    [uncountable] the power that is believed to control everything that happens and that cannot be stopped or changed命运；天数；定数；天意
    • Fate was kind to me that day.那天我很幸运。
    • 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。
    Synonyms luckluck
    • chance
    • coincidence
    • accident
    • fate
    • destiny
    These are all words for things that happen or the force that causes them to happen.
    • luck the force that causes good or bad things to happen to people:
      • This ring has always brought me good luck.这戒指总是给我带来好运。
    • chance the way that some things happen without any cause that you can see or understand:
      • The results could simply be due to chance.这结果可能纯属意外。
    • coincidence the fact of two things happening at the same time by chance, in a surprising way:
      • They met through a series of strange coincidences.他们因一连串奇妙的巧合而相遇。
    • accident something that happens unexpectedly and is not planned in advance:
      • Their early arrival was just an accident.他们早到仅仅是偶然而已。
    • fate the power that is believed to control everything that happens and that cannot be stopped or changed:
      • Fate decreed that she would never reach America.命中注定她永远到不了美国。
    • destiny the power that is believed to control events:
      • I believe there’s some force guiding us—call it God, destiny or fate.我认为有某种力量在指引着我们，称之为上帝也罢，天意也罢，或是命运也罢。
    fate or destiny?用 fate 还是 destiny？Fate can be kind, but this is an unexpected gift; just as often, fate is cruel and makes people feel helpless. Destiny is more likely to give people a sense of power: people who have a strong sense of destiny usually believe that they are meant to be great or do great things.Patterns
    • by …luck/​chance/​coincidence/​accident
    • It’s no coincidence/​accident that…
    • pure/​sheer luck/​chance/​coincidence/​accident
    • to believe in luck/​coincidences/​fate/​destiny
    Extra Examples
    • Anne accepted the cruel hand that fate had dealt her.安妮接受了残酷的命运。
    • Fate decreed that she would never reach America.命中注定她永远到不了美国。
    • Fate took a hand in (= influenced ) the outcome of the championship.冠军争夺赛的最终结果系天命所归。
    • Fate was not smiling upon her today.她今天运气不好。
    • For some reason fate conspired against them and everything they did was problematic.不知为什么，他们时运不济，做什么事都困难重重。
    • He believed that the universe was controlled by the whims of a cruel fate.他相信宇宙是由变幻莫测而残酷的宿命主宰的。
    • He secretly hoped that fate would intervene and save him having to meet her.他暗自希望老天帮忙，别让他碰见她。
    • He was content standing aside, letting fate take its course.他甘愿置身事外，一切听天由命。
    • I have a great deal of trust and I leave everything to fate.我很有信心，一切听天由命吧。
    • It seemed a cruel twist of fate that the composer should have died so young.这位作曲家英年早逝似乎是残酷的宿命。
    • Little did she know what fate had in store for her.她几乎不知道等待她的命运是什么。
    • Only weeks later fate struck again, leaving her unable to compete.仅仅几周后，她再次遭受命运打击，不能参加比赛。
    • Such coincidences are almost enough to make one believe in fate.这样的巧合几乎足以让人相信命运。
    • The new job had come at just the right time for him. Was it the hand of fate?这份新工作对他来说来得正是时候，是命运的安排吗？
    • the prophet who predicts fate and can see the future能预测命运、预知将来的预言家
    • He suddenly started to rail against fate and all the things that had happened to him.他突然开始抱怨命运和发生在他身上的所有事情。
    Topics Religion and festivalsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • cruel
    • kind
    verb + fate
    • believe in
    • tempt
    • leave something to
    • …
    fate + verb
    • decide something
    • decree something
    • intervene
    • …
    phrases
    • an accident of fate
    • a turn of fate
    • a twist of fate
    • …
    See full entry
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Italian fato or (later) from its source, Latin fatum ‘that which has been spoken’, from fari ‘speak’.
Idioms
a fate worse than death
  1. (often humorous) a terrible thing that could happen（可能发生的）极可怕的事
    • At the last minute the hero saves her from a fate worse than death.在最后一刻，英雄将她从比死亡更糟糕的命运中拯救出来。
    Extra Examples
    • Getting married seemed a fate worse than death.结婚似乎比死还要难受。
    • Obeying her parents' wishes for her life seemed a fate worse than death.她一辈子都听从父母的安排，真还不如死了呢。
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tempt fate/providence
  1. to do something too confidently in a way that might mean that your good luck will come to an end玩命；冒险；鲁莽
    • She felt it would be tempting fate to try the difficult climb a second time.她觉得再次尝试这种高难度的攀岩就如同玩儿命了。
    • It would be tempting fate to say that we will definitely win the game.要说我们肯定会赢得这场比赛，还真有点儿冒险。

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