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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   fate

   • IPA[fāt]

   美式

   • n.
     the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power；the course of someone's life, or the outcome of a particular situation for someone or something, seen as beyond their control
   • v.
     be destined to happen, turn out, or act in a particular way

   • noun: fate, plural noun: fates

2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power fate decided his course for him his injury is a cruel twist of fate 同義詞 destiny, providence, God's will, nemesis, kismet, ... 更多astral influence, the stars, what is written in the stars, one's lot in life, predestination, predetermination, chance, luck, serendipity, fortuity, fortune, hazard, Lady Luck, Dame Fortune, karma, archaicdole, cup, heritage
   • ▪ the course of someone's life, or the outcome of a particular situation for someone or something, seen as beyond their control he suffered the same fate as his companion 同義詞 future, destiny, outcome, issue, upshot, ... 更多end, lot, due, archaicdoom, dole
   • ▪ the inescapable death of a person the guards led her to her fate 同義詞 death, demise, end, destruction, doom, ... 更多ruin, downfall, undoing, finish, disaster, catastrophe, retribution, sentence
   • 2. three goddesses who presided over the birth and life of humans. Each person's destiny was thought of as a thread spun, measured, and cut by the three Fates, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos. 同義詞 the weird sisters, the Parcae, the Moirai, the Norns
   • ▪ another term for Norns

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. be destined to happen, turn out, or act in a particular way the regime was fated to end badly

   tempt fate

   • ph.
     do something that is risky or dangerous

   Oxford American Dictionary

   tempt fate

   • ph.
     do something that is risky or dangerous

   Oxford Dictionary

   tempt fate (or providence)

   • ph.
     do something that is risky or dangerous

   Oxford American Dictionary

   tempt fate (or providence)

   • ph.
     do something that is risky or dangerous

   Oxford Dictionary

   seal someone's fate

   • ph.
     make it inevitable that something unpleasant will happen to someone

   Oxford Dictionary

   seal someone's fate

   • ph.
     make it inevitable that something unpleasant will happen to someone

   Oxford American Dictionary

   a fate worse than death

   • ph.
     a terrible experience

   Oxford Dictionary

   a fate worse than death

   • ph.
     a terrible experience, especially that of seduction or rape

   Oxford American Dictionary

   片語

   • seal someone's fate
3. • 更多解釋

   fate

   • IPA[feɪt]

   英式

   • n.
     the development of events outside a person's control, regarded as predetermined by a ... fate decided his course for him his injury is a cruel twist of fate
   • v.
     be destined to happen, turn out, or act in a particular way: the regime was fated to end badly

   Oxford Dictionary