fateful

• adj. 重大的；決定性的；宿命的

來自fate, 命運。

fateful (adj.)

1710s, "prophetic," from fate (n.) + -ful. Meaning "of momentous consequences" is from c. 1800. Related: Fatefully. Sometimes used by 18c.-19c. poets as if it meant "having the power to kill," which usually belongs to fatal. The broad and diverging senses of fate (n.) also yielded adjectives fated "doomed," also "set aside by fate;" fatiferous "deadly, mortal (1650s), from Latin fatifer "death-bringing;" fatific/fatifical (c. 1600) "having power to foretell," from Latin fatidicus "prophetic."

1. He gave a detailed account of what happened on the fateful night.

他詳細描述了那個災難性夜晚所發生的事。

來自柯林斯例句

2. But fateful forces beyond the band's control were to conspire against them.

然而，樂隊無力控製的各種決定性力量將會對他們造成不利的影響。

來自柯林斯例句

3. She looked back now to that fateful day in December.

她現在回顧十二月裏那決定性的一天。

來自《權威詞典》

4. Seconds after uttering the fateful words'this is easy ', he crashed.

說了 “ 這很容易 ” 這句預言性的話後幾秒鍾, 他的心髒就停止跳動.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. This step involved many fateful consequences.

這一步驟帶來了許多嚴重的後果.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》