fated(形容词):命中注定的;宿命的(常指事情似乎不可避免地会发生,带有“命运安排”的意味)。也可引申为“必然走向某种结局的”。
/ˈfeɪtɪd/
It seemed fated that they would meet again.
似乎命中注定他们会再次相遇。
Though the team struggled all season, their victory in the final felt fated, as if the story had been written long before.
尽管球队整个赛季都很艰难,但他们在决赛中的胜利却让人觉得是命中注定的,仿佛故事早已写好。
fated 来自名词 fate(命运),而 fate 源于拉丁语 fatum,本义与“被说出的话、神谕”相关,后来引申为“不可更改的命运”。加上形容词后缀 -ed 后,表示“被命运决定的”。