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be ill-fated
The expedition was ill-fated from the start.
这次探险从一开始就注定不幸。
不幸的；注定失败的
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不幸的；注定失败的
unlucky; doomed.
The expedition was ill-fated from the start.
这次探险从一开始就注定不幸。
不幸的；注定失败的。
unlucky; doomed.
The ill-fated expedition ended in disaster when a storm hit.
那次不幸的探险在风暴来袭时以灾难告终。
He was born into an ill-fated family that suffered one tragedy after another.
他出生在一个不幸的家庭，接连遭遇悲剧。
Their ill-fated marriage lasted only a few months before they separated.
他们不幸的婚姻只持续了几个月就分居了。
The expedition was ill-fated from the start.
这次探险从一开始就注定不幸。
Their ill-fated marriage ended in divorce.
他们不幸的婚姻以离婚告终。
Not this
The plan ill-fated due to poor management.
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The plan was ill-fated due to poor management.
ill-fated 是形容词，不能单独作谓语，需要系动词 was。
Not this
The expedition's ill-fated was obvious.
Use this
The expedition's ill fate was obvious.
ill-fated 是形容词，不能用作名词，应使用名词短语 ill fate。
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