• n. 命運(yùn)；預(yù)先注定

來自predestine,命中注定。

predestination (n.)

mid-14c., "the action of God in foreordaining certain of mankind through grace to salvation or eternal life," from Old French predestinacion and directly from Church Latin praedestinationem (nominative praedestinatio) "a determining beforehand," noun of action from past participle stem of praedestinare "set before as a goal; appoint or determine beforehand," from Latin prae- "before" (see pre-) + destinare "appoint, determine" (see destiny). First used in theological sense by Augustine; given prominence by Calvin.

1. The document expressed some ambivalence over the doctrine of predestination.

這份文獻(xiàn)顯示出對(duì)宿命論的某些矛盾觀點(diǎn).

來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

2. See how powerless is the human will against predestination!

請(qǐng)看人類反抗命運(yùn)的意志是多么脆弱無力啊!

來自辭典例句

3. Grant's survey of financial history captured his crusty theory of economic predestination.

格蘭特對(duì)金融歷史的考察使他產(chǎn)生了經(jīng)濟(jì)宿命論的激進(jìn)理論.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

4. Second , beyond the intellectual difficulty, predestination may be a real personal difficulty.

除了理性方面, 有個(gè)人的難題.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

5. Our acquaintanceships are accidental, perhaps this is by chance a predestination.

我們的相識(shí)是偶然的, 也許這偶然是一場(chǎng)緣分.

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