The author describes adeptly the empathy and understanding that can occur between strangers bound by fate, and his account of the growing intimacy between Takahashi and Mari is moving.

作者以娴熟的手法描述了受命运牵引的陌生人之间所产生的共鸣及理解，作者对于高桥及玛丽间逐渐加深的亲密感的叙述也是飘忽不定。

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By a strange twist of fate , Andy and I were on the same plane.

由于命运的奇特安排，我和安迪乘坐了同一架飞机。

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By a curious twist of fate we met again only a week or so later.

由于命运巧妙的安排，大约只过了一周我们又相逢了。

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The fate of the second French hostage, who was being held by al-Shabab, an al-Qaida-linked militant group allied with Hisbul Islam, is not immediately clear.

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The blind Fury here is the mythological figure Atropos; this is the Fate that cuts the slender thread by which our lives dangle.

这里的暴怒是指神话人物阿特洛波斯;,命运剪断了维系生命的细线。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

You obeyed Israelite law and custom, you revered Israelite lore, you entered into the historical community of Israel by accepting that their fate and yours should be the same.

遵守他们的法规和习俗，崇敬他们的经验知识，你通过接受他们与你,命运相同而进入了有历史意义的以色列人群体。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Unlike a Greek play, where the ending is determined in advance, by fate, human action plays a part.

BBC: How the fate of Europe could be decided 'within hours'

By fate or good fortune, it coincides with the Day of Saint George.

UN: Secretary-General

Mezzo Elizabeth Bishop sang with plush tone as Mother Marie, who is prevented by fate from joining her sisters in death.

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