单词 | destine |
释义 | des·tine 1. a. < he was not destined to attain the throne > b. < whose star in the Navy was bright and destined to grow brighter still — Burke Wilkinson > < destined to occupy a niche of some importance in the history of American music — Virgil Thomson > < he foretold the telescope and the microscope — inventions which were destined not to occur until centuries after his death — R.D.Altick > < the now somnolent villages which in the past seemed destined for an active commercial development — American Guide Series: Maine > 2. a. < where forces destined to invade Normandy would eventually be gathered — J.P.Baxter > < the librarianship, with its meagre income, to which I had been originally destined — L.P.Smith > < funds destined for scholarship endowments > < destined by his parents for the ministry > broadly < a scheme of decoration however appropriate to its destined setting — C.W.H.Johnson > b. < boats were ordered made ready at Fort Pitt for an expedition destined for the Illinois posts — P.M.Angle > < freight destined for Israeli ports > |
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