| 单词 | to decide one's fate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto decide one's fate a. What will become of, or has become of (a person or thing); ultimate condition; destiny. Often in to decide one's fate, to fix one's fate, to seal one's fate. a fate worse than death: see death n. Phrases 7. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [noun] > destiny or fate > a destiny weirdc725 sorta1325 fatality1589 fate1768 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. 267 The lover waits for the decision of his mistress to fix his Fate. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §322 Anxiety for the fate of the Edystone. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. i. 40 If she is now discovered, her fate is certain! 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Leila i. ii. 16 The base misers..deserve their fate. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. xii. i. 581 It only remained to the brothers to decide on the fate of its tenant. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 163 He was obliged to bear the..fate of a minister, who..had thwarted the popular will. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. xc. 246 More of it may share the same fate. 1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon II. 142 Plumer's fate was sealed. < as lemmas |
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