fateful

fate·ful

F0049700 (fāt′fəl)adj.1. Vitally affecting subsequent events; being of great consequence; momentous: a fateful decision to counterattack.2. Controlled by or as if by fate; predetermined.3. Bringing death or disaster; fatal.4. Ominously prophetic; portentous: a fateful sign.

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fate′ful·ly adv.fate′ful·ness n.

fateful

(ˈfeɪtfʊl) adj1. having important consequences; decisively important2. bringing death or disaster3. controlled by or as if by fate4. prophetic ˈfatefully adv ˈfatefulness n

fate•ful

(ˈfeɪt fəl)

adj. 1. having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous: a fateful meeting. 2. fatal, deadly, or disastrous. 3. controlled or determined by destiny; inexorable. 4. prophetic; ominous. [1705–15] fate′ful•ly, adv. fate′ful•ness, n. syn: See ominous.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	fateful - having momentous consequences; of decisive importance; "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev; "the fatal day of the election finally arrived"fataldecisive - determining or having the power to determine an outcome; "cast the decisive vote"; "two factors had a decisive influence"
	2.	fateful - ominously propheticforeboding, portentousprophetic, prophetical - foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic"
	3.	fateful - (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "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"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error"calamitous, disastrous, fatal, blackunfortunate - not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned"
	4.	fateful - controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events"fatalinevitable - incapable of being avoided or prevented; "the inevitable result"

fateful

adjective1. crucial, important, significant, critical, decisive, momentous, portentous What changed for him in that fateful year?
crucial ordinary, insignificant, unimportant, inconsequential, nugatory2. disastrous, fatal, deadly, destructive, lethal, ominous, ruinous He had sailed on his third and fateful voyage.

fateful

adjective1. So critically decisive as to affect the future:fatal, momentous.2. Governed and decided by or as if by fate:fated.3. Causing ruin or destruction:calamitous, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic, destructive, disastrous, fatal, ruinous.4. Portending future disaster:apocalyptic, apocalyptical, baneful, dire, direful, fire-and-brimstone, grave, hellfire, ominous, portentous, unlucky.

Translations

决定性的

fate

(feit) noun1. (sometimes with capital) the supposed power that controls events. Who knows what fate has in store (= waiting for us in the future)? 命運 命运，宿命 2. a destiny or doom, eg death. A terrible fate awaited her. 結局，死亡 结局ˈfatalism noun the belief that fate controls everything, and man cannot change it. 宿命論 宿命论ˈfatalist noun a person who believes in fatalism. He is a complete fatalist – he just accepts everything that happens to him. 宿命論者 宿命论者ˌfataˈlistic adjective 宿命論的 宿命论的ˈfated adjective controlled or intended by fate. He seemed fated to arrive late wherever he went. 命定的，註定的 命中注定的ˈfateful adjective involving important decisions, results etc. At last the fateful day arrived. 決定性的 决定性的