英:[ˈdestəni]
美:[ˈdestəni]
英:[ˈdestəni]
美:[ˈdestəni]
des·ti·ny
de stih ni
复数:destinies
词根:destine
adj.destined 注定的;命定的;去往…的
v.destined 注定(destine的过去式和过去分词)
vt.destine 注定;命定;预定
"we are helpless in the face of destiny"
"whatever my fortune may be"
"deserved a better fate"
"has a happy lot"
"the luck of the Irish"
"a victim of circumstances"
"success that was her portion"
manifest destiny天定命运
这组词都有“命运”的意思,其区别是:
luck普通日常用词,指好的或坏的运气,尤多指好运气,有时也指成功或愉快的结局。
lot多指偶然的运气或终身遭受的不幸命运。
destiny普通用词,侧重预先注定的命运,对未来命运的美好憧憬。
fortune普通用词,指由机会或运气来决定的一种命运,如暗示一种比fate好的运气或一种愉快的未来。
doom指最终的,常常是灾难性或毁灭性的命运,隐含不可避免的意味。
fate较庄严用词,多指不幸的命运,暗示不可避免,令人畏惧和人的意志无法改变,宿命论色彩较浓。
以上来源于网络
14世纪中叶,“命运,不可抗拒的趋势,塑造和控制生活和事件的无情力量; 预定且必定会成真的事物; ”还有“注定要发生的事情”,来自古法语 destinée “目的,意图,命运; 注定的事物”(12世纪),是 destiner 的女性过去分词名词化,来自拉丁语 destinare “使牢固,建立”(参见 destination)。
这个意义是“已经确定下来的事物”,就像被命运所决定的一样。特别是指“未来将会发生在任何人或事物身上的事情”(15世纪中叶)。在希腊和罗马神话中,命运被拟人化为三位守护人类生命的力量。
Middle English destinee, from Anglo-French, from feminine of destiné, past participle of destiner — see destine
The first known use of destiny was in the 14th century
destructibleadjective
capable of being destroyed
destructibleadjective
capable of being destroyed
destructnoun
the deliberate destruction of a rocket after launching
destroyernoun
one that destroys
a small fast warship armed with guns, depth charges, torpedoes, and often guided missiles
destroyverb
to put an end to : do away with : ruin
kill entry 1 sense 1, slaughter
destituteadjective
lacking something needed or desirable
destitute of the necessities of life
extremely poor : suffering great want
destinynoun
something to which a person or thing is destined : fortune
the course of events held to be arranged by a superhuman power
1 But he knew Boots’s destiny was a happy one, compared to his brother’s.
2 I see the stars in their places and hear the waterfall shooting to its destiny out over the edge of the escarpment.
3 Bobby now realized that there was nothing about his destiny that was inevitable, and yet he would not go quietly into the chess night.
4 "For just one dollar you get a steaming cup of cocoa," she said, "and your life's destiny."
5 I didn’t understand yet that I was fighting my own destiny and Charlie was fighting his.
6 “Millions of women are looking to this Legislature to give them a voice and share in shaping the destiny of the Republic.”
7 That is why we can fulfill our destiny.
这就是为什么我们能实现我们的命运。
8 He had no dreams to follow his own father’s destiny.
9 A giant born to oppose the twins, Apollo and Artemis, but, much like Artemis, Orion rejected his destiny.
10 They believed it was their destiny to be together.
11 We are both in charge of our own paths, our own destinies.
12 He pushed back against the feelings of failure that permeated so many African American communities, urging people to quit with the self-pity and take charge of their own destiny.
13 Some people believe that the Fates preside over man's destiny.
有些人相信,命运之神支配人类的命运。
14 It was extremely important to the destiny of humankind.
它对人类的命运极其重要。
15 What we do with our world in this time will propagate down through the centuries and powerfully determine the destiny of our descendants and their fate, if any, among the stars.
16 Folks like to say that knowledge changes destiny.
人们喜欢说:知识改变命运.
17 And she would have nothing come between her and her destiny.
18 On the inevitability side, it is true there were voices back then urging prospective patriots to regard American independence as an early version of manifest destiny.
19 The destiny of his family in Chicago was wedded to the movement of trains through the Midwest.
20 ‘Find your family. Find your destiny. Find your wings!’