☆fate 命运
· Fate is a power that some people believe controls and decides everything that happens, in a way that cannot be prevented or changed. You can also refer to the fates.
有些人认为命运（fate）是一种力量，它控制和决定一切发生的事情，无法阻止或改变。你也可以指命运（fates）。
例1：
I see no use arguing with fate.
我认为与命运抗争没有什么用。
例2：
...the fickleness of fate.
…命运的变化无常。
☆fate命运; 遭遇
· A person's or thing's fate is what happens to them.
· 一个人或一件事的命运（fate）是发生在他们/它们身上的。
例1：
The Russian Parliament will hold a special session later this month to decide his fate.
俄罗斯议会本月晚些时候将举行一次特别会议来决定他的命运。
例2：
He seems for a moment to be again holding the fate of the country in his hands.
有那么一刻他似乎又把国家的命运掌握在自己手中。
☆destiny命运
· A person's destiny is everything that happens to them during their life, including what will happen in the future, especially when it is considered to be controlled by someone or something else.
一个人的命运（destiny）是他一生中所发生的一切，包括未来将要发生的事情，特别是当它被认为是由某人或某事所控制的时候。
例：
We are masters of our own destiny.
我们是自己命运的主人。
☆destiny天数; 定数
Destiny is the force which some people believe controls the things that happen to you in your life.
有些人认为天数/定数（destiny）是一种力量，它控制着生活中发生在你身上的事情。
例：
· Is it destiny that brings people together, or is it accident?
是定数，还是偶然，将人们带到一起？
☆美国英语母语人士点评：
Fate and destiny are almost synonyms, so both will almost always work in the same places.However, here are some Merriam-Webster definitions of each:
Fate(命运)和destiny(命运)是同义词，所以它们几乎可以互换。
然而，以下是韦氏词典对它们的一些定义:
Fatethe will or principle or determining cause by which things in general are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do : destiny
相信一般事物按其现状或事件按其发生的方式发生的意志、原则或决定原因
Destiny
a predetermined course of events often held to be an irresistible power or agency felt that destiny would determine their future.一种预先确定的事件进程，通常被认为是一种不可抗拒的力量或机构，认为命运（destiny）将决定他们的未来
As you can see, destiny is listed as a synonym of fate here, because both can mean "The events that will happen no matter what, and were predetermined to."正如你所看到的，destiny在这里被列为fate的同义词，因为两者都可以表示“无论如何都会发生的事情，并且是预先注定的。”
On the other hand, someone's fate is usually different from someone's destiny. One's fate means either their demise or the condition they end up in . One's destiny is what they are supposed to do according to destiny/fate, as in "It was his destiny to be king." This usually has a positive meaning.
另一方面，一个人的fate通常与另一个人的destiny不同。一个人的fate要么意味着他们的死亡(如与你的命运相遇)，要么意味着他们最终的状态(通常是在事实之后)。一个人的destiny是他们按照destiny/fate应该做的事情，如在“成为国王是他的命运。”这通常有积极的意义。