Marrying her would be a fate worse than death!

跟她结婚，恐怕要比死亡还要凄惨！

In many societies, this is a fate worse than death.

在许多社会中间，这种结局比死亡还糟。

For many, losing a big match is a fate worse than death.

对许多人来说，输掉一场重大的比赛是比死亡还要悲惨的命运。

Having to watch their home movies all evening was a fate worse than death!

整个晚上无可奈何地看他们的家庭电影真受罪！

Not only would this preserve him from exile-which really might be a fate worse than death, since what was the point in life without magic?

这样不仅可以使他免于放逐——这种命运可能比死亡还可怕，在没有魔法的世界里生活算怎么回事？

John Donne said "the death of any man diminishes me" but I think a worse fate than being dead is dying inside - being diminished - while you live.

约翰·邓恩曾说过“人类的死亡使我消失”但是我认为比死亡更可悲的命运而是：你活着但是你的内心世界却已是如死水般不再起涟漪。