fateful

adj [usu attrib 通常作定语] 1 important and decisive 重要的; 决定性的: fateful events, moments 决定性的事件、 时刻 * a fateful decision 重大的决定. 2 causing or leading to great and usu unpleasant events 造成或导致重大的（通常指坏的）事情的: His heart sank as he listened to the judge uttering the fateful words. 他听到法官字字千钧的话, 顿时垂头丧气.

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