destiny
美音:
[´destənı
]英音:
[´destənı
]n.命运,定数
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名词复数:destinies
词根
sist,stitut,sta,st=to stand(站立)
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destiny
/'destɪnɪ; `dɛstənɪ/
n
1 [U] power believed to control events 命运
*Destiny drew us together. 命运把我们连在一起了.
2 [C] that which happens to sb/sth (thought to be decided beforehand by fate) 定数; 天命
*It was his destiny to die in a foreign country. 他注定要客死异国.
* events which shaped his destiny 决定他命运的事件.
destiny
npluraldestinies[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;Origin: destinee, from
Latin destinare
'to fasten, fix']
[C usually singular]the things that will happen to someone in the future, especially those that cannot be changed or controlled
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fatesb's destiny Nancy wondered whether it was her destiny to live in England and marry Melvyn.[U]the power that some people believe decides what will happen to them in the future
She always had a strong sense of destiny .
1. Destiny drew us together. 命运把我们连在一起了.
2. She was one of those pretty and charming girls who, as if by a mistake of destiny, were born in a family of clerks. 她是一个妩媚动人的姑娘,仿佛是由于命运的阴错阳差,出生在一个小职员的家庭。
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