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单词 destine
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Definition of destine in English:

destine

verb ˈdɛstɪnˈdɛstɪn
[with object]
  • Intend or choose for a particular purpose or end.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This perverted abhorrence of women destines religions to collide with modernity everywhere, for to be modern is to set women free.
    • But having a genetic predisposition to gain weight doesn't destine you to be obese, only to possibly struggle more with your weight.
    • He knows you personally and has destined you to be adopted into his own family.
    • The sheer scale and scope of the exhibition, combined with the reality that most visitors possessed only a passing knowledge of African political history would have seemed to destine this project for incoherence.
    • Whose head would explode first and destine them to stare at a white wall for the rest of their life?
    • History and geography have destined the two sides to be neighbors.
    • No, it was not others who destined him to be killed, even if he was sent by God.
    • According to the Christian tradition, the divine both embraces all peoples and yet destines some to ‘supersede’ and bring final truth to all the others.
    • Athelstane's heritage destines him for great things, but his personality moves him towards more ordinary goals, like a full stomach.
    • While their innate reactivity seems to destine all these children for later anxiety disorders, things didn't turn out that way.
    • Theology engages in this task for the purpose of facilitating the fellowship of Christ's disciples in fulfilling their calling to be the image of God and thereby to be the biblical community God destines us to become.
    • Because God has chosen and destined us, we have been called into an intimate relationship with him.
    • Speak up now, people, or destine your children and their children to the loss of the Savannah.
    • The duo's third album, Rubber Factory, is jammed with blues 'n' garage rock anthems that surely destine these rust belt heroes for global greatness.
    • The proximity of Chiapas and Oaxaca, and their shared history and geography, does not destine them to mimic patterns of political ecology.
    • Rather than working hard to establish her own niche, she borrows inward, trying to be as anonymous as possible, a decision that destines her for an underwhelming prep-school life of shrinking expectations.
    • Now, take out your Bible and read 2 Peter 1, verses 1 to 11 and be encouraged about the person God has destined you to be.
    • You will recall that this is the scheme that destines all cattle over the age of 30 months to be burnt.
    • Its very opulence destined it to a life in mostly book form.
    • It is obvious that, having been raised with whites or near them, the latter grow more attached to them and destine them for less difficult tasks and a more pleasant life, notably one with better food.

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'predetermine, decree'): from Old French destiner, from Latin destinare 'make firm, establish'.

Rhymes

clandestine, intestine
 
 

Definition of destine in US English:

destine

verbˈdɛstɪnˈdestin
[with object]
  • Intend or choose (someone or something) for a particular purpose or end.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • While their innate reactivity seems to destine all these children for later anxiety disorders, things didn't turn out that way.
    • Its very opulence destined it to a life in mostly book form.
    • Now, take out your Bible and read 2 Peter 1, verses 1 to 11 and be encouraged about the person God has destined you to be.
    • The proximity of Chiapas and Oaxaca, and their shared history and geography, does not destine them to mimic patterns of political ecology.
    • It is obvious that, having been raised with whites or near them, the latter grow more attached to them and destine them for less difficult tasks and a more pleasant life, notably one with better food.
    • You will recall that this is the scheme that destines all cattle over the age of 30 months to be burnt.
    • Because God has chosen and destined us, we have been called into an intimate relationship with him.
    • History and geography have destined the two sides to be neighbors.
    • The sheer scale and scope of the exhibition, combined with the reality that most visitors possessed only a passing knowledge of African political history would have seemed to destine this project for incoherence.
    • Speak up now, people, or destine your children and their children to the loss of the Savannah.
    • Whose head would explode first and destine them to stare at a white wall for the rest of their life?
    • Athelstane's heritage destines him for great things, but his personality moves him towards more ordinary goals, like a full stomach.
    • No, it was not others who destined him to be killed, even if he was sent by God.
    • He knows you personally and has destined you to be adopted into his own family.
    • Theology engages in this task for the purpose of facilitating the fellowship of Christ's disciples in fulfilling their calling to be the image of God and thereby to be the biblical community God destines us to become.
    • The duo's third album, Rubber Factory, is jammed with blues 'n' garage rock anthems that surely destine these rust belt heroes for global greatness.
    • But having a genetic predisposition to gain weight doesn't destine you to be obese, only to possibly struggle more with your weight.
    • Rather than working hard to establish her own niche, she borrows inward, trying to be as anonymous as possible, a decision that destines her for an underwhelming prep-school life of shrinking expectations.
    • This perverted abhorrence of women destines religions to collide with modernity everywhere, for to be modern is to set women free.
    • According to the Christian tradition, the divine both embraces all peoples and yet destines some to ‘supersede’ and bring final truth to all the others.

Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘predetermine, decree’): from Old French destiner, from Latin destinare ‘make firm, establish’.

 
 
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