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1. Oxford Dictionary

   fate

   • IPA[feɪt]

   英式

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

   • noun: fate, plural noun: fates

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the development of events outside a person's control, regarded as predetermined 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 situation for someone or something, seen as outside their control he stared at the faces of the committee, trying to guess his fate 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

   片語

   • seal someone's fate