adj.宿命的；重大的；决定性的

I relive that fateful day over and over in my mind. 我在脑海里不断地重温那决定命运的日子。

How can you overlook these fateful events? 你怎么能忽略了这些重大的事件?

This step involved many fateful consequences. 这一步骤带来了许多严重的后果。

The coming months will be fraught with fateful decisions. 未来数月将充满重大的决定。

For others elsewhere it was also a fateful day. 对其他地方的其它人来说，这也是一个命运悠关的日子。

She looked back now to that fateful day in December. 她现在回顾十二月里那决定性的一天。