fateful
adj[usu attrib 通常作定語]
1 important and decisive 重要的; 決定性的
fateful events, moments 決定性的事件、 時刻
a fateful decision 重大的決定.
2 causing or leading to great and usu unpleasant events 造成或導致重大的(通常指壞的)事情的
His heart sank as he listened to the judge uttering the fateful words. 他聽到法官字字千鈞的話, 頓時垂頭喪氣.