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

• You could swear, curse the fates.
  你可以诅咒命运的不公。
• There are other nymphs and women who suffered similar fates, but I will not go into them.
  还有其他若虫和女性谁遭受了同样的命运，但我不会赘述。
• There are no victims beloved, each species chooses their fate, and all fates dovetail with all others.
  这里没有蒙难者，至爱的人类，每个物种都选择自己的命运，而所有命运彼此吻合。
• 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。
• He affirms and praises god-man, considering goodness and love is the power of misery fates redemption.
  他肯定和赞扬“神人”，认为至善至爱才是人悲惨命运的拯救力量。
• From their views of love, people can know the reasons to result in their different fates and results.
  从他们的意见的爱情，人们可以知道的原因导致他们不同的命运和结果。
• The affairs, and fates, of nations are intertwined as never before.
  各国的事务和命运史无前例地纠缠在一起。
• 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。
• 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。