destiny

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destiny /ˈdɛstəni/ noun

plural destinies

destiny

/ˈdɛstəni/

noun

plural destinies

Learner's definition of DESTINY

[count] : what happens in the future : the things that someone or something will experience in the future命运；天命；天数

They believed it was their destiny to be together.他们认为是命运使他们走到一起。
His parents believed that the priesthood was his destiny. [=that he would or should become a priest because fate or God intended it]他的父母认为成为教士是他的天命。
The factory's closing shaped the destiny [=fate] of the entire town.工厂的倒闭决定了整个小镇的命运。
She believes that people can choose/control their own destinies. [=that people can control what will happen to them]她相信人们可以主宰自己的命运。

[noncount] : a power that is believed to control what happens in the future命运之神；主宰未来的力量

She felt that destiny [=fate] had decided that she would one day be President.她觉得命运之神已决定她早晚有一天会成为总统。
motivated by a sense of destiny受宿命感的驱使

— see also manifest destiny

Synonyms同义词

destiny, fate, and lot mean a future that someone or something will have.*destiny、fate和lot均指命运。

destiny and fate both suggest that the future has been decided or planned by God or by some godlike power.*destiny和fate意指由上帝或天神主宰的命运。

destiny often suggests a future that includes something great and important.*destiny常指包含重大事件的命运。

He was a great leader whose destiny was to free the people of his country.他是一位伟大的领袖，注定要去解放自己国家的人民。

fate often suggests a future that cannot be avoided and that is usually sad or unpleasant.*fate常指不可避免的悲惨的命运。

lot suggests that someone's future has been decided by luck.*lot意指靠运气决定的命运。