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fate

Word family 
fate /feɪt/ ●○○ noun   → fête
1  [countableC usually singular]FUTURE the things that happen to someone or something, especially unpleasant things that end their existence or end a particular period 命中注定的事，命运的安排〔尤指不好的结局〕
 I wouldn’t wish such a fate on my worst enemy.
就算是我不共戴天的仇敌，我也不希望他遭遇这样的命运。
fate of
 No one knows what the fate of the hostages will be.
没有人知道这些人质的命运将会如何。
► see thesaurus at future
2  [uncountableU]CHANCE/BY CHANCE a power that is believed to control what happens in people’s lives 天命，命运，运数
 Fate plays cruel tricks sometimes.
有时命运的捉弄很残酷。
a twist/quirk of fate (=something unexpected that happens) 命运的奇特安排
 By a strange twist of fate, Smith’s first match is against the team that gave him the sack last season.
由于命运的奇特安排，史密斯首场比赛的对手正是上个赛季将他除名的那个队。
3  a fate worse than death HARM/BE BAD FORsomething terrible that might happen to you – often used humorously 比死还糟糕的事情，极可怕的事〔常作幽默用法〕
 He had rescued an innocent girl from a fate worse than death.
他将一个无辜的女孩子救出苦海。
Examples from the Corpus
a fate worse than death• After all, she didn't know him, and a fate worse than death might just be awaiting her.• I knew that Grandma's visit would be a fate worse than death.• There are various Pelagias who are known as penitent harlots or virgin martyrs who died to escape a fate worse than death.• It certainly wasn't because he was trying to save her from a Fate Worse than Death.• We've even growled at the horse, and threatened it with a fate worse than death, but to no avail!
→ tempt fate at tempt(3)
 COLLOCATIONS
verbs
suffer a fate 遭受某种命运
We must prevent other children from suffering the same fate.
我们一定不能让其他孩子遭受相同的命运。
meet a fate 经历某种命运
The beautiful old building met a sad fate when it was sold off to property developers.
这幢漂亮的老房子被卖给房地产开发商，真是命运悲惨。
decide/settle somebody’s/something’s fate 决定某人/某事物的命运
The meeting will decide the fate of the factory.
这次会议将决定工厂的命运。
nThe court’s decision settled Anderson’s fate.
seal somebody’s fate (=make it certain that something bad will happen to someone, especially that they will die) 决定某人的命运〔尤指死亡的厄运〕
Engine failure sealed the pilot’s fate.
引擎故障决定了飞行员的命运。
leave/abandon somebody to their fate (=leave someone in a bad situation) 让某人听天由命
nThe abandoned sailors were left to their fate on the island.
discover/find out somebody’s fate 给某人算命
nHe only discovered his sister’s fate after the war.
resign yourself to/accept your fate 听天由命
nI had no choice but to resign myself to my fate.
a fate awaits somebody formal (=a fate will happen to someone) 某种命运等待着某人
nA terrible fate awaited any soldier who was captured.
a fate befalls somebody formal (=someone suffers a particular fate) 某种命运降临到某人身上
nI wondered what fate would befall me.
adjectives
the same fate 相同的命运
He did not intend to meet the same fate as his companion.
他不想经历和同伴一样的命运。
a similar fate 相似的命运
The project suffered a similar fate to many of its predecessors.
该项目遭遇了与之前诸多项目相似的命运。
somebody’s ultimate fate (=what finally happens to someone) 某人的最终命运
The ultimate fate of the refugees is in our hands.
难民的最终命运在我们手里。
a terrible/horrible/grim fate 可怕的/恐怖的/严酷的命运
The crew of the ship met a terrible fate.
该船的全体船员遭遇了可怕的命运。
a sad/tragic fate 悲惨的命运
nThe play is about the tragic fate of two lovers.
a cruel fate 残酷的命运
nShe suffered a cruel fate at the hands of her captors.
an uncertain fate (=not clear, definite, or decided) 命运未卜
nThe Bill faces an uncertain fate in the Senate.
phrases
your fate is in somebody’s hands (=someone will decide what happens to you) 你的命运在某人手中
His fate is now in the hands of the judge.
他的命运目前在法官手里。
Examples from the Corpus
fate• But fate had put into his lap one of the ubiquitous nobodies.• It wasn't as if she was in any hurry to learn her fate.• I am satisfied with my fate.• By a strange twist of fate the judge died on the very day that Cordell was executed.• They saw themselves as victims of fate.• He felt that fate had been very unfair to him.• He urged a nationwide referendum to decide the fate of the country.• Congress will meet to discuss the fate of the US nuclear defense shield.• This afternoon's debate is likely to seal the fate of the imprisoned aid workers.• The fate of the prisoners will be decided by a panel of three judges.• The solutions offered by New Right commentators and their fate is the subject of later chapters.• No, we will leave such things to fate.• It was fate that brought us together.
fate of• These rulings will affect the fate of more than 6,000 refugees.
a twist/quirk of fate• Despite her desolation, Nora Simpson was not the sort of woman to be beaten by a twist of fate.
Origin fate
(1300-1400) French Latin fatum “what has been spoken (by the gods)”, from fari “to speak”
fate noun →COLLOCATIONS1
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BNC: 3179 COCA: 2919
fate

noun¹

 1sb/sth's future命運ADJECTIVE | VERB + FATE | FATE + VERB | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤awful, grim, horrible, terrible糟糕的／無情的／令人恐懼的／可怕的命運▸➤cruel, unhappy殘酷的／不幸的命運◇What an unfortunate fate the gods had condemned her to.眾神加諸她的是多麼不幸的命運啊。➤sad, tragic悲慘的命運➤better, worse較好的／較糟的命運◇Jackson deserves a better fate than this.傑克遜的命運應該比這樣好。◇They decided to kill themselves rather than suffer a worse fate at the hands of their enemy.他們決定寧願自殺也不願落在敵人的手裏，那樣命運會更慘。➤common, usual共同的／常見的命運➤likely很可能的命運◇Under-representation is the likely fate of small parties.得不到足夠的代表很可能是小黨派的命運。➤eventual, final, ultimate最終的命運；最後的命運➤inevitable無法避免的命運◇the almost inevitable fate awaiting gorillas and tigers等待大猩猩和老虎的幾乎無法避免的命運➤uncertain, unknown變幻莫測的／不可知的命運◇She faces an uncertain fate.她面臨着一個不確切的命運。◇The ultimate fate of the captured troops is unknown.沒有人知道被俘部隊的最終命運。➤the same, similar同樣的／相似的命運◇She broke her ankle before the big game, then suffered the same fate a month later.大賽之前她弄傷了腳踝，一個月後她又遇到了同樣的不幸。➤different不同的命運◇His brother met an altogether different fate.他哥哥的命運截然不同。➤economic, political經濟／政治命運◇They're worried about their political fate.他們擔心自己的政治結局。VERB + FATE➤face面對命運◇He faces a grim fate if he is sent back to his own country.如果他被遣送回國，他的命運將會很悲慘。➤meet, suffer, undergo遇到／遭受／經受⋯命運➤share有相同的命運◇He had no desire to share the fate of his executed comrades.他不想遭受與他那些被處決的同志同樣的命運。➤avoid, be spared, escape躲避命運；免遭⋯命運；逃避⋯命運◇Fortunately, Robert was spared this cruel fate.羅伯特有幸免遭這一殘酷結局。◇She managed to escape the fate of the other rebels.她設法逃脫了其他造反者所受的懲罰。➤deserve應該得到⋯命運◇What had he done to deserve such a terrible fate?他到底做了什麼，竟然遭受這樣悲慘的命運？➤accept, be resigned to接受命運；聽天由命◇The condemned men were resigned to their fate.被判刑的人只好接受自己的命運。➤bemoan, curse, lament悲歎／詛咒／哀歎命運◇Instead of just bemoaning your fate, why not do something to change it?與其悲歎自己的命運，何不行動起來去改變它呢？➤contemplate, ponder思忖／思考命運➤control掌控命運◇She has taken steps to control her own fate.她已採取措施以掌控自己的命運。➤choose選擇命運◇the rights of a woman to choose the fate of her body女性選擇自己身體命運的權利➤seal決定命運◇He had signed his confession and sealed his own fate.他在自己的供狀上簽了字，也就決定了自己的命運。➤decide, determine決定命運◇An extraordinary general meeting to decide the company's fate will be held on Thursday.決定公司命運的特別大會將在星期四舉行。➤affect, alter, change, influence影響命運；改變命運◇Will it change the fate of the company?這會改變公司的命運嗎？➤abandon sb/sth to, leave sb/sth to使⋯聽天由命；聽任⋯由命運擺佈◇The generals abandoned the men to their fate.將軍們不再管那些士兵，讓他們生死由命。➤rescue sb/sth from, save sb/sth from挽救⋯於命運➤discover, hear, hear of, know, know of, learn, learn of發現／聽到／聽說／知曉／知道／得知／間接得知命運◇He will learn his fate in court tomorrow.明天到了法庭他就會知道自己的命運。➤predict預測命運◇the prophet who predicts fate and can see the future能預測命運、預知將來的預言家➤await等待命運◇The convicts awaited their fate in prison.已決犯在獄中等待着自己的命運。FATE + VERB➤await sb/sth, be in store for sb/sth, lie in store for sb/sth命運等待着⋯；命運即將降臨到⋯◇They were warned of the dreadful fate that awaited them if ever they returned to their homes.他們受到警告：如果回家就會面臨可怕的命運。➤befall sb/sth命運降臨到⋯◇Worst of all was the fate that befell the captured rebel general.那個被俘的叛軍將領命運最為悲慘。➤be in the balance, hang in the balance命運未卜◇The fate of the African wild dog hangs in the balance (= is uncertain).非洲野狗的命運還是個未知數。➤be tied to sth命運與⋯連在一起◇Our fate is tied to yours.我們的命運和你們的緊密相連。➤depend on sth命運取決於⋯◇This team's fate depends on how it performs today.該隊的命運取決於它今天在比賽中的表現。PHRASES➤leave your fate in sb's hands, place your fate in sb's hands, put your fate in sb's hands讓某人決定自己的命運➤have sb/sth's fate in your hands, hold sb/sth's fate in your hands將⋯的命運掌握在你手中◇The jury held the fate of the accused in their hands.陪審團掌握着被告的命運。➤a fate worse than death (often humorous) 比死還糟的命運◇Getting married seemed a fate worse than death.結婚似乎比死還要難受。➤sb's fate rests in sb's hands⋯的命運掌握在⋯的手中◇His fate rests in the hands of the judges.他的命運掌握在法官們的手中。
fate

noun²

 2power controlling everything控制一切的力量ADJECTIVE | VERB + FATE | FATE + VERB | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤cruel殘酷的定數◇He believed that the universe was controlled by the whims of a cruel fate.他認為宇宙由無常的天命控制着。➤kind不錯的命運◇Fate was kind to me.命運待我不薄。VERB + FATE➤believe in相信命運◇Such coincidences are almost enough to make one believe in fate.這樣的巧合幾乎足以讓人相信命運。➤tempt冒險◇It would be tempting fate to say that we will definitely win the game.要說我們肯定會贏得這場比賽，還真有點兒冒險。➤leave sth to把⋯交由命運安排◇I have a great deal of trust and I leave everything to fate.我很有信心，一切聽天由命吧。FATE + VERB➤decide sth, decree sth命運決定⋯／注定⋯◇Fate decreed that she would never reach America.她命中注定到不了美國。➤intervene命運介入◇He secretly hoped that fate would intervene and save him having to meet her.他暗自希望老天幫忙，別讓他碰見她。➤strike命運打擊◇Only weeks later fate struck again, leaving her unable to compete.僅僅幾週後，她再次遭受命運打擊，不能參加比賽。➤deal a/its hand, deal sb a hand命運對待某人◇Anne accepted the cruel hand that fate had dealt her.安妮接受了殘酷的命運。➤take a hand命運影響◇Fate took a hand in (= influenced) the outcome of the championship.冠軍爭奪賽的最終結果繫天命所歸。➤have in store for sb/sth, hold in store for sb/sth命運等待着⋯◇Little did she know what fate had in store for her.她幾乎不知道等待她的命運是什麼。➤conspire against sb命運對某人不利◇For some reason fate conspired against them and everything they did was problematic.不知為什麼，他們時運不濟，做什麼事都困難重重。➤smile on sb, smile upon sb命運對某人微笑◇Fate was not smiling upon her today.她今天運氣不好。PHRASES➤an accident of fate, a turn of fate, a twist of fate命中注定的事◇It seemed a cruel twist of fate that the composer should have died so young.這位作曲家英年早逝似乎是殘酷的宿命。➤let fate take its course聽天由命◇He was content standing aside, letting fate take its course.他甘願置身事外，一切聽天由命。➤the hand of fate命運之手◇The new job had come at just the right time for him. Was it the hand of fate?這份新工作對他來說來得正是時候，是命運的安排嗎？
BNC: 3179 COCA: 2919
fate noun
⇨ future (The fate of the ship's captain is unknown.) ⇨ luck (believe in fate)
BNC: 3179 COCA: 2919
fate
Difficult situations and experiences: crisis, battle, nightmare...
Fate and destiny: fate, destiny, providence...

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