fateful

英 ['feɪtfʊl; -f(ə)l]美 ['fetfl]
  • adj. 重大的；决定性的；宿命的
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中文词源

fateful 决定命运的，有重大影响的

来自fate, 命运。

英文词源

fateful (adj.)
1710s, "prophetic," from fate (n.) + -ful. Meaning "of momentous consequences" is from c. 1800. Related: Fatefully. Sometimes used by 18c.-19c. poets as if it meant "having the power to kill," which usually belongs to fatal. The broad and diverging senses of fate (n.) also yielded adjectives fated "doomed," also "set aside by fate;" fatiferous "deadly, mortal (1650s), from Latin fatifer "death-bringing;" fatific/fatifical (c. 1600) "having power to foretell," from Latin fatidicus "prophetic."

双语例句

1. He gave a detailed account of what happened on the fateful night.
他详细描述了那个灾难性夜晚所发生的事。
来自柯林斯例句
2. But fateful forces beyond the band's control were to conspire against them.
然而，乐队无力控制的各种决定性力量将会对他们造成不利的影响。
来自柯林斯例句
3. She looked back now to that fateful day in December.
她现在回顾十二月里那决定性的一天。
来自《权威词典》
4. Seconds after uttering the fateful words'this is easy ', he crashed.
说了 “ 这很容易 ” 这句预言性的话后几秒钟, 他的心脏就停止跳动.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. This step involved many fateful consequences.
这一步骤带来了许多严重的后果.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》