| 单词 | man of destiny |
| 释义 | > as lemmasman of destiny man of destiny n. a man looked upon as an instrument of destiny; spec. Napoleon I. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important > others micklea1300 personagec1485 Triton1589 Jovian1598 gallimaufry1600 lords of creation1649 man of destiny1827 mugwump1828 man of the moment1837 history-maker1848 1827 W. Scott Life Napoleon IX. Concl. 329 The great plans which the Man of Destiny had been called upon earth to perform. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 26 Aug. 5/1 His man-of-destiny characteristics made him an interesting study to the newspaper correspondents. 1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah iv. ii. 178 Napoleon (impressively). I am the Man of Destiny. 1990 B. Turner And Policeman Smiled (1991) (BNC) 76 Here spoke the man of destiny whose singleness of purpose overrode all other considerations. < as lemmas |
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