fateful

• 形容某个事件或时刻具有重大、往往是不幸或决定性的后果。

Describes an event or moment that has important, often disastrous, consequences.

1. Having momentous consequencesB2formal

   Describing an event or decision that has extremely important and often decisive results.

   决定性的

   • That was a fateful decision that changed the course of history.
   • They met on a fateful night in Paris.
   • The fateful meeting led to the company's merger.

   同义词consequentialcriticalcrucialdecisivehistoricmomentouspivotalportentoussignificant

   反义词inconsequentialinsignificantminormomentousnessnegligibletrivialunimportant

2. Ominously propheticC1formal

   Suggesting something bad or important will happen in the future.

   不祥的

   • His fateful words echoed in her mind for years.
   • The fortune teller gave a fateful warning about the journey.
   • The dark clouds seemed fateful, promising a storm.

   同义词forebodingominousportentousprophetic

3. Extremely unfortunate or direC1formal

   Describing events that bring ruin, disaster, or very negative outcomes.

   灾难性的

   • The fateful battle resulted in the loss of many lives.
   • It was a fateful error that cost them the championship.
   • The expedition ended in a fateful shipwreck.

   同义词calamitouscatastrophicdeadlydisastrousfatalruinoustragic

   反义词auspiciousfortunateluckypropitious

4. Controlled by fateC1formal

   Determined or decreed by destiny or fate, as if unavoidable.

   命中注定的

   • They believed their meeting was fateful and meant to be.
   • The hero's fateful journey was written in the stars.
   • In the story, the king's fateful end was predicted long ago.

   同义词destinedfatedforeordainedinescapableinevitablepredestinedpredeterminedunavoidable

   反义词chosenfreeoptionalvoluntary