英语词汇“destiny”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	destiny
释义	des·ti·ny \ˈdestənē, -ni\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English destinee, from Middle French, from Old French, from feminine of destiné (past participle of destiner), from Latin destinatus 1. : that to which any person or thing is destined: as a. : predetermined state : condition foreordained by divine will or by human will : unavoidable lot : fate, doom < reconciled to one's destiny > b. : culminating condition or end indicated as probable, inevitable, or having been reached : fortune, goal < manifest destiny > < unhappy destiny > 2. a. : the predetermined course of events often conceived as a resistless power or agency : the foreordained future whether in general or of an individual < pursued by destiny > < turn aside destiny > b. : continuing activity and functional behavior that tend to determine eventual status especially as to progress or decadence — usually used in plural < we could not tolerate control by a European power over the destiny of the former Spanish possessions > < that a man should manage the destinies of a corporation while owning only a minute fraction of its stock — F.L.Allen > 3. : a real or imaginary power or agency conceived as predetermining the course of events and choice of alternatives < our helplessness, at least with respect to those events over which Destiny presides — Lucius Garvin > < the leader is simply the man whom destiny … has placed in such a position that he alone can assume the supreme leadership — Barbara & Robert North > < a flash of Free Will, pure and simple, which instantly gives place … to the dominion of what we call Destiny — Joseph Furphy > Synonyms: see fate
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