predestined

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He thought that whatever happened was predestined.
他認(rèn)爲(wèi)一切都是命中注定的。
《新英漢大辤典》
If we use a closed timelike curve to observe something about our future actions, those actions become predestined.
如果我們用一個封閉的時間型曲線來觀察未來的行爲(wèi)，那麼這些行爲(wèi)就成了預(yù)先注定的。
Among humans, there is a persistent belief that everything is predestined by some divine plan; behind this belief is the notion of a dominant, omniscient God. This notion is false.
人類有一種固執(zhí)的信唸：即一切都被某個神聖計(jì)劃所注定，背後有一位支配萬物的、無所不能的上帝。
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Or if predestined to die late, Make up your mind to die in state.
或者如果注定要晚點(diǎn)離開世界，那麼下定決心離開地莊嚴(yán)一點(diǎn)。
耶魯公開課 - 現(xiàn)代詩歌課程節(jié)選

In this thicket of predestined failure lie most of the difficulties of the inner city.
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If you say that something was predestined, you mean that it could not have been prevented or changed because it had already been decided by a power such as God or fate.