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.