fates

英 [feɪts]

美 [feɪts]

n.  命中注定的事(尤指坏事); 命运的安排; 命运; 天数; 定数; 天意
fate的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 命运;宿命;定数;天意
  Fateis a power that some people believe controls and decides everything that happens, in a way that cannot be prevented or changed. You can also refer tothe fates.
  1. I see no use quarrelling with fate.
     我看不出和命运抗争有什么用。
  2. ...the fickleness of fate...
     命运的无常
  3. It was just one of those times when you wonder whether the fates conspire against you.
     有些时候，你会怀疑是不是造化弄人，现在就是如此。
• N-COUNT (人或物的)命运，遭际
  A person's or thing'sfateis what happens to them.
  1. The Russian Parliament will hold a special session later this month to decide his fate...
     俄罗斯议会本月晚些时候将举行特别会议决定他的命运。
  2. He seems for a moment to be again holding the fate of the country in his hands...
     他似乎在一瞬间又一次将国家的命运握在了手中。
  3. The Casino, where she had often danced, had suffered a similar fate.
     她经常跳舞的赌场遭遇了相似的命运。
  4. ...the terrible fate awaiting humanity.
     等待人类的可怕命运
• PHRASE 注定要失败;在劫难逃
  If somethingsealsa person's or thing'sfate, it makes it certain that they will fail or that something unpleasant will happen to them.
  1. The call for a boycott could be enough to seal the fate of next week's general election...
     抵制选举的呼吁足以注定下周大选失败的命运。
  2. And yesterday the Zoo's fate was sealed, largely due to two months of ever-dwindling entrance figures.
     昨日，伦敦动物园面临着关闭的命运，主要因为两个月来游客数量持续下滑。
• totempt fate→ see:tempt

双语例句

• We are masters of our own fates.
  我们是自己命运的主人。
• Some people believe that the Fates preside over man's destiny.
  有些人相信，命运之神安排人类的命运。
• Once upon a time the fates of these people weighed heavily on American politicians.
  这些人的命运曾一度在美国政治中收到了很高的重视。
• The fairy talesleave us powerless, putting our love lives into the hands of the Fates.
  这样的童话使得我们人类自身变得无能为力，而把我们的爱情生活交到了命运女神手中。
• When you are allies with a group of people, your fates are intertwined.
  当你和一群人结盟时，你们的命运就交织了。
• The fates have sort of brought us together.
  命运把我们联系在一起了。
• You can swear and curse the Fates.
  你可以破口大骂，诅咒命运。
• Fates determines the kind of life we have.
  命运决定了什么样的生活，我们有。
• He said you and I were relatives in former lives and that our fates are tied together.
  他说过你和我前生是亲戚，而且我们之间的命运息息相关。
• That is the power to change peoples fates.
  这是一种能改变人类命运的力量。