（常用）注定的；预先决定的（尤指命运、人生走向或结果似乎早已被安排好）。也可用于宗教语境，指“预定（论）”相关的“被上帝预先拣选/决定的”。
/ˌpriːˈdestɪnd/
It felt predestined that they would meet again.
感觉他们注定还会再见。
Though he tried to change his path, he feared the ending was predestined by forces beyond his control.
尽管他努力改变人生道路，他仍担心结局早已被自己无法掌控的力量所注定。
predestined 来自动词 predestine（预先决定命运），由前缀 pre-（“在……之前”）+ destine（“指定命运/注定”）构成；destine 又与拉丁语 destinare（确定、固定）有关。整体含义强调“在事情发生之前就被决定”。
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