be fated to do sth
collocation注定要做某事
She felt she was fated to meet him again.
她觉得她注定会再次遇见他。
注定；命定
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注定；命定
to foreordain or predetermine; to make something inevitable
They were fated to meet again.
他们注定会再次相遇。
预定或注定,使不可避免
To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.
fate
Base
原形
fates
3rd person
第三人称单数
fating
-ing
现在分词
fated
Past
过去式
fated
Past participle
过去分词
The outcome is fated from the beginning.
结果从一开始就注定了。
The project was fated to fail.
这个项目注定失败。
They have been fated to meet.
他们注定相遇。
规则变化动词，过去式/过去分词为 fated，现在分词 fating，第三人称单数 fates。
The project was fated from the start.
这个项目从一开始就注定失败。
She feels that she is fated to become a writer.
她觉得自己注定会成为作家。
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注定要做某事
She felt she was fated to meet him again.
她觉得她注定会再次遇见他。
注定会遭受（或获得）某事物
The expedition was fated for disaster from the start.
这次远征从一开始就注定要遭遇灾难。
似乎注定
Their meeting seemed fated.
他们的相遇似乎是命中注定的。
注定会……
It was fated that they would become rivals.
他们注定会成为对手。
冒险，玩命；做可能招致厄运的事
You're tempting fate by driving without a seatbelt.
你不系安全带开车，这是在冒险。
注定某人的命运（通常指坏的结局）
One bad decision sealed his fate.
一个错误的决定注定了他失败的命运。
比死还难受的遭遇；极大的不幸
For a social butterfly, being grounded for a month is a fate worse than death.
对于一个社交达人来说，被禁足一个月比死还难受。
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fate 发音近似“费特”，想象命运之神“费特”早已把每件事注定好，无法改变。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学/正式写作、新闻报道 动词 fate 通常用于书面或较正式的表达，常见于 be fated to 结构，表示“注定”；日常口语中较少使用。
这些词都与 fate /feɪt/ 押韵：late, gate, mate, plate, state, great。前五个共享拼写片段 -ate，但 great 拼作 -eat，发音相同。注意形近词 fat /fæt/ 与 fate 拼写相近但发音不同。
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