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fate
英 [feɪt]美 [fet]
n. 命運
vt. 註定
n. (Fate)人名；(英)費特
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中文詞源
fate 命運
來自PIE*bha, 說，預言，詞源同phone, fable. 用於指神的預言，預測命運。
英語詞源
fate
fate: [14] Etymologically, fate is ‘that which is spoken’ – that is, by the gods. Like so many other English words, from fable to profess, it goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base *bha- ‘speak’. Its immediate source was Italian fato, a descendant of Latin fātum, which was formed from the past participle of the verb fārī ‘speak’.
That which the gods say determines the destiny of human beings, and so Latin fātum came to signify ‘what is preordained, destiny’. It was used in the plural fāta to personify the Fates, the three goddesses who preside over human destiny – their direct etymological descendants in English have been diminished to fairies. The derivative fatal [14] comes from Latin fatālis, perhaps via Old French fatal.
=> confess, fable, fairy, profess
fate (n.)
late 14c., "one's lot or destiny; predetermined course of life;" also "one's guiding spirit," from Old French fateand directly from Latin fata (source also of Spanish hado, Portuguese fado, Italian fato), neuter plural of fatum "prophetic declaration of what must be, oracle, prediction," thus the Latin word's usual sense, "that which is ordained, destiny, fate," literally "thing spoken (by the gods)," from neuter past participle of fari "to speak," from PIE *bha- (2) "speak" (see fame (n.)).
From early 15c. as "power that rules destinies, agency which predetermines events; supernatural predetermination;" also "destiny personified." Meaning "that which must be" is from 1660s; sense of "final event" is from 1768. The Latin sense evolution is from "sentence of the Gods" (Greek theosphaton) to "lot, portion" (Greek moira, personified as a goddess in Homer). The sense "one of the three goddesses (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos) who determined the course of a human life" is in English by 1580s. Often in a bad sense in Latin: "bad luck, ill fortune; mishap, ruin; a pest or plague." The native word in English was wyrd (see weird).
fate (v.)
"to preordain as if by fate; to be destined by fate," c. 1600, from fate (n.). Earlier it meant "to destroy" (c. 1400). Related: Fated; fating.
權威例句
1. They held his fate in the palms of their ancient hands.
他們這些老人將他的命運掌握在手心裏。
2. The Casino, where she had often danced, had suffered a similar fate.
她經常跳舞的賭場遭遇了相似的命運。
3. By a curious twist of fate, cricket was also my favourite sport.
讓人感到驚奇的是，板球碰巧也是我最喜歡的運動。
4. Custer was an idiot and a brute and he deserved his fate.
卡斯特是個白癡，是個殘暴的傢伙，他罪有應得。
5. What we think of as fate is just two neuroses knowing that they are a perfect match.
所謂命運，只不過是兩個瘋子認爲他們自己是天造一對，地設一雙。
來自電影《西雅圖不眠夜》
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