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。
• 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。
• Fates determines the kind of life we have.
  命运决定了什么样的生活，我们有。
• That is the power to change peoples fates.
  这是一种能改变人类命运的力量。
• We spend a lot of time and money trying to manipulate our fates based on these beliefs.
  我们试图根据这些信念来操纵自己的命运，为此花费了大量的时间和金钱。
• You can swear and curse the Fates.
  你可以破口大骂，诅咒命运。
• 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。
• 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。