predestination

常見例句

Predestination is a myth.
宿命論是一個(gè)謎團(tuán)。
We would also have to abandon free will—because witnessing part of our future history implies some amount of predestination.
同時(shí)也不得不放棄自由意愿，因?yàn)槟苣慷梦覀兾磥淼囊徊糠謿v史就意味著有一定數(shù)量的預(yù)先注定存在。
A closed timelike curve seems to imply predestination: We know what is going to happen to us in the future because we witnessed it in our past.
一個(gè)封閉的時(shí)間型曲線可能暗示著命運(yùn)注定：我們知道未來自己身上會(huì)發(fā)生什么狀況，因?yàn)槲覀円呀?jīng)在自己的過去目睹了這些情景。

And this belief that's called Calvinist predestination is really at the heart of mainstream English Puritanism at this point.
這種叫做加爾文宿命論的觀點(diǎn),與主流英國(guó)清教主義相一致。
耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節(jié)選

With its inexorable depiction of increasing marital woe, this film is the cinematic equivalent of predestination.
NEWYORKER: The Best Intentions
This predestination through casting allows Ms Holofcener to concentrate on her real interest, which is ethics.
ECONOMIST: Independent films
He first took on the French when he was 40, convinced that this was what he was born to do: Calvinists believe in predestination.
ECONOMIST: David McTaggart The