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the fate of sb/sth
通常与定冠词the连用，表示特定的人或事物的命运。
The fate of the missing plane remains unknown.
失踪飞机的命运仍然未知。
命运；天命；命运女神
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
命运；天命；命运女神
the power that controls events; destiny (also the goddess who personifies it)
The fate of the missing plane remains unknown.
失踪飞机的命运仍然未知。
被认为预定事件的原因、力量、原则或神意。
The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
未来必然发生的事件(或一系列事件)
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
由此原因预定的效果、结果、后果或不可避免的事件。
The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
被认为预定事件进程的最终力量(常被拟人化为女性)
the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)
She believed it was her fate to become a doctor.
她相信成为医生是她的命运。
AI contextual example
The two lovers were brought together by fate.
这两个恋人被命运带到了一起。
AI contextual example
Some people think fate controls everything.
有些人认为命运控制一切。
AI contextual example
deserved a better fate
理应得到更好的命运。
WordNet
通常与定冠词the连用，表示特定的人或事物的命运。
The fate of the missing plane remains unknown.
失踪飞机的命运仍然未知。
常指死亡或灾难性的结局。
He met his fate in a car accident.
他在一场车祸中遭遇了厄运。
表示决定或注定某人的结局。
The final decision will decide their fate.
最终决定将决定他们的命运。
Not this
I believe in a fate.
Use this
I believe in fate.
fate作为抽象概念表示‘命运’时为不可数名词，前面不应加不定冠词a。中文中‘一个命运’的表达习惯迁移到英语是错误的。
Not this
The fate to the project is uncertain.
Use this
The fate of the project is uncertain.
表示‘……的命运’时，英语使用介词of而不是to。中文‘…的命运’常直译为‘the fate of’，而to用于其他搭配如‘key to’等。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
悲惨的命运
The hero met a tragic fate in the end.
英雄最终遭遇了悲惨的命运。
命运的转折
By a twist of fate, they met again years later.
由于命运的转折，他们多年后又相遇了。
注定某人的命运
His careless words sealed his fate.
他 careless 的话注定了他自己的命运。
冒险；玩命
Driving without a seatbelt is tempting fate.
不系安全带开车是在冒险。
送死；遭遇命运
The soldiers went out to meet their fate.
士兵们出去面对他们的命运。
比死亡更糟糕的命运
For him, public humiliation would be a fate worse than death.
对他来说，当众羞辱比死亡更糟糕。
注定某人的命运
The missing evidence sealed the defendant's fate.
证据的缺失注定了被告的命运。
冒险，玩命
Driving without a seatbelt is tempting fate.
不系安全带开车是在冒险。
比死亡更糟糕的命运
For him, being forced to retire was a fate worse than death.
对他来说，被迫退休是比死亡更糟糕的命运。
没有命运，只有我们自己创造的一切。
The movie's central message is that we control our own fate.
这部电影的核心信息是我们掌控自己的命运。
我是我命运的主宰，我是我灵魂的统帅。
The poem inspires readers to take charge of their fate.
这首诗激励读者掌控自己的命运。
Use fate naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
fate谐音'匪特'，联想命运像神秘特务，注定发生。
语域：neutral 通常用于中性语境，但比较常见于文学或哲学讨论中，日常口语也可使用。
All words listed rhyme with 'fate', sharing the stressed vowel sound /eɪ/ and the ending /t/. The spelling pattern 'ate' is pronounced /eɪt/ in these words. Be aware that other words with 'ate' may have different pronunciations, such as 'chocolate'.
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