Yes, sir, a very eccentric man; and he must have been wealthy too. What a lot of expensive trinkets he had!" . "Did he stay there long with you?" I went on to ask. "Yes, about a year. And, for that very reason, it was a memorable year to me. He gave me a great deal of trouble -- but there, let bygones be bygones! You see, it is true enough, there are people like that, fated from birth to have all sorts of strange things happening to them!"
"Strange?" I exclaimed, with an air of curiosity, as I poured out some tea.英文原著 · 《A Hero of Our Time》
The bishopric, as cut down by the Ecclesiastical Commission, was only five. He would be a richer man as archdeacon, than he could be as a bishop. But he certainly did desire to play first fiddle; he did desire to sit in full lawn sleeves amongst the peers of the realm; and he did desire, if the truth must be out, to be called 'My Lord' by the reverend brethren. His hopes, however, were they innocent or sinful, were not fated to be realised; and Dr Proudie was consecrated Bishop of Barchester.英文原著 · 《Barchester Towers》
Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to heaven: the fated sky Gives us free scope; only, doth backward pull Our slow designs, when we ourselves are dull.英文原著 · 《Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare》
The new administration of Anchuria entered upon its duties and privileges with enthusiasm. Its first act was to send an agent to Coralio with imperative orders to recover, if possible, the sum of money ravished from the treasury by the ill-fated Miraflores.英文原著 · 《Cabbages and Kings》
"Umph! no, cousin; I think I could tell you more of that than folk nowadays remember. For instance, that as James was trooping towards England, bag and baggage, his journey was stopped near Cockenzie by meeting the funeral of the Earl of Winton, the old and faithful servant and follower of his ill-fated mother, poor Mary! It was an ill omen for the INFARE, and so was seen of it, cousin." [See Note 5.--Earl of Winton.]英文原著 · 《Chronicles of the Canongate》
At the same time the small party, which we before mentioned, bore the bier of the ill-fated Hamish to his humble grave, in a corner of the churchyard of Dunbarton, usually assigned to criminals. Here, among the dust of the guilty, lies a youth, whose name, had he survived the ruin of the fatal events by which he was hurried into crime, might have adorned the annals of the brave.英文原著 · 《Chronicles of the Canongate》
We're fated to meet certain people Who, uh, can change our lives,美剧 · 《Ugly Betty》