predestine

• 动词，表示预先决定或安排好某事，常指命运或神意的安排。

A verb used to indicate the act of determining or deciding something in advance, often by fate or divine will.

1. Decree or determine beforehandC1formal

   To decide or determine the outcome of something in advance, often by fate or divine will.

   预定

   • The outcome of the battle seemed predestined by the gods.
   • Some believe that our lives are predestined from birth.
   • The author's success was predestined by his talent and hard work.

   同义词destinefateforeordainpredeterminepreordain

2. Foreordain by divine will or decreeC1formal

   To be destined or appointed by a higher power or fate to happen in a particular way.

   预定

   • The prophet claimed that the king's fall was predestined.
   • Many religions teach that certain events are predestined by God.
   • The couple felt their meeting was predestined by fate.

   同义词destineforeordainpredestinatepredeterminepreordain

3. Foreordain or determine beforehandC1formal

   To decide or arrange something in advance, often implying inevitability.

   注定

   • The scientist argued that the discovery was predestined by the laws of nature.
   • The outcome of the trial seemed predestined from the start.
   • Their success was predestined by years of careful planning.

   同义词destinedoomforedoomforeordainpredestinatepredeterminepreordain