fateful

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fate·ful /ˈfeɪtfəl/ adjective [usually before noun] IMPORTANThaving an important, especially bad, effect on future events 〔对未来的发展〕有重大（负面）影响的，灾难性的fateful day/night/year etc The goalkeeper on that fateful day in 1954 was Fred Martin. 1954年那灾难性的一天，门将是弗雷德•马丁。 When his rent was raised, he made the fateful decision to move north. 房租上涨，他作出重大决定，搬到北方去住。 —fatefully adverb

Examples from the Corpus

fateful• There were to be extraordinary inconsistencies in the description of that fateful call by the main participants.• To go no further back than the nineteenth century, we have had the fateful dates 1815,1871,1914.• Years later, all that she would remember of that fateful day were two things.• Whether to try cotton again is a potentially fateful decision for Valley farmers.• In just these few days the name had taken on a resonance, a sense of fateful event.fateful day/night/year etc• Tony is one of two silent victims of that fateful day.• Then in mid-July, shortly after his requested transfer to the U. S. Army finally came through, the fateful night arrived.• Wishart thought back to what he had heard about that fateful night at the banquet.• The scores of journalists who had descended on New Madrid for the fateful day ended up reporting on one another instead.• One fateful day, he was sitting on his horse when a stunt went awry in a John Ford picture.• The first delivery of post came and went on that fateful day, no letter.• Years later, all that she would remember of that fateful day were two things.• The least valued attribute may come to the rescue on some fateful day when that very quality is required.

fate·ful adjectiveChineseSyllable

effect important, an Corpus bad, future having especially on

fateful
fate‧ful /ˈfeɪtfəl/