| 单词 | predetermined |
| 释义 | predetermined (once / 8289 pages) adj Anything predetermined has been decided or set up ahead of time. When you sit down to dinner with your family at a predetermined time, it means you all discussed when you'd be eating long before the meal was ready. If you learned that the outcome of a presidential election was predetermined, you'd probably be pretty angry — and you wouldn't be likely to vote, since the winner would have already been decided. This adjective (and its accompanying verb, predetermine) originally had a religious meaning, the idea that God has already decided the path your life will take. WORD FAMILYpredetermine: predetermination, predetermined, predetermines, predetermining+/determinable: determinably, undeterminable/determinant: determinants/determination: determinations, indetermination, self-determination/determine: determinable, determinant, determination, determined, determiner, determines, determining, determinism, predetermine, redetermine/determined: determinedly, undetermined/determiner: determiners/determinism: determinisms, determinist, deterministic/determinist: determinists/predetermination: predeterminations/redetermine: redetermination, redetermined, redetermines/undetermined: undeterminedly USAGE EXAMPLESThe system is essentially deciding whether that behavior seems normal according to predetermined questions, then accepting or declining the purchase based on its decision. Washington Post(Dec 02, 2016) Here, they are participants in my holistic cinematic time scheme, not so much adversaries as actors with predetermined roles. The New Yorker(Nov 21, 2016) Until they disarm, rebels remain in predetermined areas and must provide coordinates to the military if they want to leave. The Guardian(Nov 16, 2016) adj set in advance at a predetermined time Syn preset planned designed or carried out according to a plan |
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