be fated to do sth
be fated to 后接动词原形,表示注定会发生某事,多用于被动结构。
They were fated to meet again.
他们注定会再次相遇。
注定;命定
fated — past of fate
预定或注定,使不可避免
to foreordain or predetermine; to make something inevitable
预定或注定,使不可避免
To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.
一般现在时
The outcome is fated from the beginning.
结果从一开始就注定了。
一般过去时
The project was fated to fail.
这个项目注定失败。
现在完成时
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。
They were fated to meet again.
他们注定会再次相遇。
用法提示:动词fate的过去分词形式,表示命运注定。
The project was fated from the start.
这个项目从一开始就注定失败。
用法提示:使用被动语态be fated,表示不可避免的结果。
She feels that she is fated to become a writer.
她觉得自己注定会成为作家。
用法提示:be fated to do结构,表达命运的安排。
be fated to 后接动词原形,表示注定会发生某事,多用于被动结构。
They were fated to meet again.
他们注定会再次相遇。
be fated for 后接名词,表示注定会有某种结局或命运。
She seemed fated for greatness.
她似乎注定要成就一番伟业。
用 it 作形式主语,that 从句说明注定会发生的事。
It was fated that he would become king.
他注定会成为国王。
主动语态较少见,多用于文学或宗教语境,表示命运使某人注定做某事。
The prophecy fated him to kill his father.
预言注定他要杀死自己的父亲。
较正式,常用被动结构 be destined to;与 fate 作动词时用法相近,但 destine 更常见。
正式,带宿命或宗教色彩,多用于被动 be predestined to;比 fate 更强调预先安排。
语气消极,指注定失败或毁灭,多用于被动 be doomed to;不用于中性或积极结局。
极为正式,常指神的预先安排,多见于宗教或哲学语境,以被动语态为主,日常英语少用。
grammar · medium
易错句子She is fate to succeed.
正确表达She is fated to succeed.
be 动词后作表语要用过去分词 fated,不能用名词 fate;fate 不能单独作表语,fated 才表示“注定的”。
grammar · medium
易错句子They fated to meet.
正确表达They were fated to meet.
fate 作动词表示“注定”时常用被动语态 be fated to do;中文可说“注定”,但英语不能省略 be。
grammar · medium
易错句子He was fated to dying young.
正确表达He was fated to die young.
be fated to 后接动词原形,to 是不定式符号,不是介词;不能用 -ing 形式。
destine 是常用动词,多用于 be destined for/to do,强调为某个目的或结局预先安排;fate 作动词很少见,主要出现在 be fated to do 中,且更书面、宿命意味更重。
predestine 强调事先就已决定,多见于神学语境(如上帝预定);fate 作动词几乎只用于 be fated to,日常表达中更常见的是名词 fate。
doom 作动词含强烈贬义,只用于注定失败、毁灭等坏结局;fate 作动词是中性的,不暗示结局好坏。
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。
指被命运注定的最终结局,与 fate 的‘注定’义相关联。
被 fate 注定的必然事件都具有‘不可避免’的特征。
预言是预先说出 fate 注定的未来之事。
天意常被视为 fate 的主宰力量,与‘预定’概念相关。
fortune 指运气或偶然因素,常与 fate 对举,强调非注定的一面。
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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