Predestination
[ [priˌdesti'neiʃən] ]
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n. 宿命论, 定数, 命运, 预定, 命定论
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
predestination
n[U]1
(a) theory or belief that everything that happens has been predetermined by God and that man cannot change it 宿命论.
(b) destiny that cannot be changed; fate 命运; 造化.
2 doctrine or belief that God has decreed in advance that certain souls will be saved and others will not 得救预定论（认为上帝已预先选定某些灵魂得救, 余者受咒诅）.
🗣️ 情景例句
At this rate,
照这种速度
I learned geography last week.
我上星期学地理。
Now Alfred began a long series of skirmishes -- and within a month the Danes had surrendered.
这时，阿尔弗雷德发起一连串小规模的进攻，结果不出一个月，丹麦人就投降了。