fateful

英 ['feɪtfl] 美 ['feɪtfl]

• adj. 宿命的；重大的；决定性的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. having momentous consequences; of decisive importance;

   "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"
   "the fatal day of the election finally arrived"
   

2. ominously prophetic

3. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin;

   "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"
   "a calamitous defeat"
   "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"
   "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"
   "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"
   "a fateful error"
   

4. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined;

   "a fatal series of events"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. I relive that fateful day over and over in my mind.
   我在脑海里不断地重温那决定命运的日子。
2. How can you overlook these fateful events?
   你怎么能忽略了这些重大的事件?
3. This step involved many fateful consequences.
   这一步骤带来了许多严重的后果。
4. The coming months will be fraught with fateful decisions.
   未来数月将充满重大的决定。
5. For others elsewhere it was also a fateful day.
   对其他地方的其它人来说，这也是一个命运悠关的日子。
6. She looked back now to that fateful day in December.
   她现在回顾十二月里那决定性的一天。
7. His heart sink as he listen to the judge utter the fateful word.
   他听到法官字字千钧的话，顿时垂头丧气。

经典引文

• The confusion of patriotism and personalities left behind by the fateful gathering.

  出自： J. Galsworthy

近反义词

【近义词】

• significant 重要的
• fatal 致命的
• destined 命中注定的...
• ominous 不祥的
• critical 批评的
• momentous 重要的
• important 重要的
• crucial 决定性的
• historic 有历史意义的...
• unlucky 倒霉的
• unfortunate 不幸的
• inauspicious 不祥的
• ill-fated 注定要倒霉的...
• tragic 悲剧的
• disastrous 灾难性的
• portentous 前兆的
• black 黑的
• calamitous 造成灾祸的
• foreboding 不祥的预感