Word · Frequency #3179
fating
/feɪt/
verb
注定；命定
fating is the present participle of fate.
to foreordain or predetermine; to make something inevitable
- 1.
To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.
预定或注定,使不可避免
预定或注定,使不可避免；注定
In use
They were fated to meet again.
The project was fated from the start.
She feels that she is fated to become a writer.
Verb forms
base fate · third person fates · -ing fating · past fated · past participle fated
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。
Connections
Collocations
- be fated to do sth
- 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。
- be fated for sth
- 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。
- seem fated
- 似乎注定
- Their meeting seemed fated.他们的相遇似乎是命中注定的。
- be fated that…
- 注定会……
- It was fated that they would become rivals.他们注定会成为对手。
Idioms & figurative uses
- tempt fate
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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