1. 命运;宿命;定数;天意
Fate is 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 to the fates .
e.g. I see no use quarrelling with fate.
我看不出和命运抗争有什么用。
e.g. ...the fickleness of fate...
命运的无常
2. (人或物的)命运,遭际
A person's or thing's fate is what happens to them.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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. 注定要失败;在劫难逃
If something seals a person's or thing's fate, it makes it certain that they will fail or that something unpleasant will happen to them.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
4. to tempt fate -> see tempt
名词命运;天意;命中注定的事(尤指坏事);命运的安排网络黑暗史诗;宿命;命运之夜