fate /feit/ n.［u］命运，天意：They did not take their fate lying down. 他们不屈服于命运。He said they met each other by fate. 他说他们的见面是天意。

fated adj. 命运已定的：We were fated to meet.我们注定要相遇的。

［辨析］与destiny和fortune辨见destiny