"fateful" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 決定性的
• 命運攸關的

Definition

形容某事具有極其重大的影響，往往戲劇性地改變事態發展，有時包含命運註定的意味。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

較正式或文學語境，多形容具有嚴重、不可逆轉後果的事件，常帶有命運感或不祥預兆。常見詞組如“fateful day”、“fateful decision”。不適用於日常小事。

Examples

That was a fateful day for our family.

那是我們家庭一個**決定性**的日子。

On that fateful night, the ship hit an iceberg.

在那**命運攸關的**夜晚，船撞上了一座冰山。

He made a fateful decision to leave his job.

他做出了辭去工作的這個**決定性**決定。

We met by chance on that fateful afternoon, and nothing was the same after.

我們在那個**命運攸關的**午後偶然相遇，之後一切都改變了。

Looking back, that fateful phone call changed both our lives.

回想起來，那通**決定性**的電話改變了我們兩個人的人生。

It was a fateful mistake that couldn't be undone.

那是一個無法挽回的**命運性**錯誤。