来自fate, 命运。

1. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.--Winston Churchill

成功不是终点，失败也并非末日，最重要的是继续前进的勇气。

2. It is impossible to say who struck the fatal blow.

很难判断是谁给了致命的一击。

3. His party has just suffered the equivalent of a near-fatal heart attack.

他所在的政党刚刚经历了一次类似心脏病突发般几近致命的打击。

4. Statistically, ninety-eight percent of all acute sunstroke cases are fatal.

据统计，急性中暑病例中有98%是致命的。

5. It would clearly be fatal for Europe to quarrel seriously with America.

欧洲若与美国反目显然会有致命的后果。