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."
雙語例句
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(fā)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，樂隊無力控制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(xiàn)在回顧十二月里那決定性的一天。
來自《權威詞典》
4. Seconds after uttering the fateful words'this is easy ', he crashed.