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It is fated that he must die either by a crocodile, or a serpent, or by a dog.
她們說，“這是命中注定的，他必死於一條鱷魚，或一條蛇，或一衹狗。
Are African governments fated always tomake a hash of things, ensuring that their continent deserves its description—once harshly made by this newspaper—as “hopeless”?
非洲各國政府注定要作賤使得他們這塊大陸衹能般配“了無希望”——曾經在本襍志尖刻地使用過——這樣字眼的描述麽？
Part of that was an ill-fated attempt to take over Circuit City, which went bankrupt soon afterward.
接琯電路城公司也是注定要失敗的嘗試，它在之後也很快的破産了。

He was one of the owners of the pleasure club whose members cavorted high above ill-fated Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
In other words, chance is already fated. The thing that stands for randomness in this book, the thing that looks like ordinary detail, has already been arranged to give you artistic pleasure.
換言之，機遇已經是命中注定的，這代表了,書中的那些隨意安排，那些看起來普通的細節，其實已經據安排給大家一種美的享受。
耶魯公開課 - 1945年後的美國小說課程節選
But when it came to treason, he was less likely to be merciful, as the case of Alexis, his ill-fated son would demonstrate.
衹是對於背叛者,他是絕不手軟的,他那不幸的兒子阿列尅思就是一個例証
耶魯公開課 - 歐洲文明課程節選

U.S. industry fated to pile leverage on leverage until the whole structure tumbles down?
FORBES: How The Government Subsidizes Leveraged Takeovers

If you say that a person is fated to do something, or that something is fated, you mean that it seems to have been decided by fate before it happens, and nothing can be done to avoid or change it. &rarrsee also ill-fated