fate

• 指决定事件发生或人生结局的不可抗拒的力量或因素，也指人或事物不可避免的结局。

A noun referring to a power or force that predetermines events, or the inevitable outcome of a person's life or situation.

1. Predetermined destinyB2formal

   The development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power.

   命运

   • He believed it was his fate to become a leader.
   • She accepted her fate with grace and courage.
   • The ancient Greeks often wrote about fate and destiny.

   同义词destinydoomfortunekismetlotportionpredestinationprovidencewyrd

   反义词agencyautonomychoicefree will

2. B2formal

   The final outcome or end result of a situation or series of events.

   结局

   • The fate of the missing hikers remains unknown.
   • The company's fate was decided by the board of directors.
   • The fate of the project depends on the funding.

   同义词consequencedenouementendissueoutcomeresultupshot

• 动词，表示由命运决定、命中注定，常用于被动或文学语境中。

A verb used to indicate the act of being destined or predetermined by fate, often in a passive or literary sense.

1. Destine or predetermineB2formal

   To be destined or predetermined to happen, often in a negative or unavoidable way.

   注定

   • The hero was fated to die in the final battle.
   • Their love was fated to end in tragedy.
   • The project was fated from the start due to lack of funding.

   同义词decreedestinedoomforeordainordainpredestinepredeterminepreordain