fateful
['fetfəl]
a. 宿命, 重, 性

1. I relive that fateful day over and over in my mind.
   想重温著那幸命运日。
2. A fateful sign.
   祥预兆
3. His heart sink as he listen to the judge utter the fateful word.
   千钧话，顿垂头丧气。

fateful
[ adj ]

1. having momentous consequences; of decisive importance

<adj.all>
that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea
the fatal day of the election finally arrived

2. ominously prophetic

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3. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin

<adj.all>
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
it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it
a fateful error

4. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined

<adj.all>
a fatal series of events

Fateful \Fate"ful\, a. .
Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate. ``The
fateful steel.'' --J. Barlow.

2. Significant of fate; ominous.

The fateful cawings of the crow. --Longfellow.
-- {Fate"ful*ly}, adv.- {Fate"ful*ness}, n.