n.

1. 命运；天命，天数[U]
   We still don't know the fate of the plane's passengers.

   我们仍然不知道那架飞机上旅客的命运如何。

   They were sure that fate was responsible for their meeting.

   他们相信他们的相遇是命运的安排。

2. 结局；结果[C]
3. 毁灭；灾难；死亡[U]
4. 【希神】【罗神】（大写）命运三女神[the P]

vt.

1. 命定，注定[H][+to-v]
   Our team was fated to win.

   我们队注定要赢的。

n.

1. the development of events outside a person's control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power.
2. the outcome of a situation for someone or something.
3. the unescapable death of a person.
4. (the Fates) Greek  & Roman Mythology  the three goddesses (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos) who preside over the birth and life of humans.

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