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单词 destine
释义 des·tine
\ˈdestə̇n\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English destinen, from Old French destiner, from Latin destinare to make fast, determine, destine, from de- + -stinare (akin to stare to stand) — more at stand
1.
 a. : to fix or decree beforehand : preordain — used originally of a divine foreordaining or a decreeing by fate
  < he was not destined to attain the throne >
 b. : to direct and impel inescapably on a fixed course : predetermine — used of an inevitable ordering in human eventualities, usually followed by to and an infinitive, sometimes by for
  < 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. : to determine the future condition, use, or action of:
 a. : to designate, assign, or dedicate in advance
  < 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 : intend
  < a scheme of decoration however appropriate to its destined setting — C.W.H.Johnson >
 b. : to direct, devise, or set aside for a specific purpose or end
  < 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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