fateful
英 ['feɪtfʊl; -f(ə)l]
美['fetfl]
- adj. 重大的；决定性的；宿命的
英英释意
- 1. having momentous consequences; of decisive importance;
- "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev
- "the fatal day of the election finally arrived"
- 2. of ominous significance
- 3. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin;
- "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"
- "a calamitous defeat"
- "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"
- "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin
- "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur
- "a fateful error"
- 4. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined;
- "a fatal series of events"
双语例句
- 1. He gave a detailed account of what happened on the fateful night.
- 他详细描述了那个灾难性夜晚所发生的事。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. But fateful forces beyond the band's control were to conspire against them.
- 然而，乐队无力控制的各种决定性力量将会对他们造成不利的影响。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. She looked back now to that fateful day in December.
- 她现在回顾十二月里那决定性的一天。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. Seconds after uttering the fateful words'this is easy ', he crashed.
- 说了 “ 这很容易 ” 这句预言性的话后几秒钟, 他的心脏就停止跳动.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. This step involved many fateful consequences.
- 这一步骤带来了许多严重的后果.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》