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fate

英语单词 “fate” 的基本意思是命运、运气或者结局。

  1. It was his fate to die that day.(那天,他命中注定要死。)
  2. She accepted her fate with grace.(她优雅地接受了她的命运。)
  3. They believed that fate had brought them together.(他们相信命运使他们相遇。)

“fate” 单词来自于拉丁词根 “fatum”,意思是预言或命令。

“fate” 是一个单根词素词,没有词缀。

“fate” 的源头是在中世纪时期,源于拉丁语的 “fatum” 含义是“被讲出的话”或“神的旨意”,在许多欧美文化和神话中,命运被视作无法改变的力量,控制着人和宇宙的命运走向。

“fate” 是个名词,其对应的形容词是 “fated”,意为注定的。

“fate” 与 “date” 押韵,可以联想到 “命中注定的约会” 来帮助记忆。

There was a prince who didn’t believe in fate. He married a commoner girl despite the protest of the kingdom. Sadly, the girl unexpectedly died because of an illness. The prince finally realized that he couldn’t escape his fate.

曾经有个王子不相信命运。尽管国王反对,他还是娶了一个平民女孩。可是,不幸的是,女孩因病意外去世。王子最终意识到,他无法逃脱自己的命运。