fateful

英 [ˈfeɪtfl]

美 [ˈfeɪtfl]

adj.  对未来有重大(负面)影响的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 对未来有重大（负面）影响的
  having an important, often very bad, effect on future events
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (行为或时刻)有重大影响的(常指负面影响)，决定性的
  If an action or a time when something happened is described asfateful, it is considered to have an important, and often very bad, effect on future events.
  1. It was a fateful decision, one which was to break the Government.
     这是一项将会让政府垮台的重大决定。

双语例句

• The fateful moment had finally arrived.
  重大的一刻最终来临了。
• Your lack of support will be fatal to my campaign, so your support is a fateful one.
  缺少你的支持将对我的竞选产生致命的影响，所以你的支持是决定性的。
• Ben-Gurion's appearance on the stage of Jewish history came about at a fateful hour for our people.
  本-古里安在犹太历史中的出现是我们的一个重要时刻。
• It was a fateful decision, one which was to break the Government.
  这是一项将会让政府垮台的重大决定。
• By coincidence, an actress came late that fateful day.
  巧合的是，一名女演员在很关键的一天迟到了。
• And so to the fateful day of the election.
  于是就这样到了命运攸关的选举日。
• 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。
• That fateful autumn has led many to rethink the relationship between business and society.
  那个决定命运的秋季，让许多人重新思考企业和社会之间的关系。
• Example: Antoinette had been hung up on that mysterious cowboy since they met one fateful night.
  例：自从他们在冥冥中注定的一晚相遇后，Antoinette一直挂念着那个神秘的牛仔。
• The fateful date drew on.
  决定命运的日子临近了。