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 need to reclaim their fates and envelop them in ours.
  我们必须收回他们的命运和信封在我们的。
• 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。
• Their fates can be changed by his effort.
  他的努力可以改变他们的命运。
• 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。
• Fates determines the kind of life we have.
  命运决定了什么样的生活，我们有。
• 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。
• 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。
• You can swear and curse the Fates.
  你可以破口大骂，诅咒命运。
• It was here that the fates ( fates) laid him down.
  命运之神降临到了他的头上。
• Giles apologized and scolded the boy; but he felt that fates were against him.
  基尔斯于是表示道歉，又去骂了那个男孩。可是，他感到这完全是命运在和自己作对。