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.
Considering how recent these developments are, it is even more remarkable that as long ago as the 1960s, an Englishman, Leon Bagrit, was able to predict some of the uses of computers which we know today.