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From the word’s history

From Middle English fate, from Latin fāta, plural of fātum, from fātus 'spoken', from for 'to speak'.

源自拉丁文 fātum，來自 fātus「說出的」，再來自 for「說」。

Wiktionary

One way to picture fate: the ending that is already waiting at the end of the road, whether or not you can see it. English mostly points the word at endings that turned out badly — which is why 'we don't know his fate' sounds worried, not neutral.

可以想成 fate 是「路的盡頭已經在那裡等著的那個結局」，不管你看不看得見。英文用這個字時多半指向不太好的結果——所以 we don't know his fate 聽起來是擔心，而不是中性的「不知道他後來怎樣」。

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同家族的字

fates

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原始詞典資料10 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Fatename

  • 1

    Any one of the Fates.

  • 2

    A personification of fate (the cause that predetermines events).

fatenoun/feɪt/

  • 1

    The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.

    • Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
  • 2

    The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.

  • 3

    An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time.

  • 4

    Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.

    • Accept your fate.
  • 5

    biochemistrybiologychemistryThe products of a chemical reaction in their final form in the biosphere.

    • It’s important to research chemical fate because chemical fate is the best tool we have for understanding and managing human health risks or environmental damage caused by chemical release.
  • 6

    embryologymedicinesciencesThe mature endpoint of a region, group of cells or individual cell in an embryo, including all changes leading to that mature endpoint

fateverb/feɪt/

  • 1

    To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.

    • The oracle's prediction fated Oedipus to kill his father; not all his striving could change what would occur.
    • Before they met, Rebecca Guberman and Jennifer Jako were both certain they were fated to be alone.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。