predestination

大学

n. 宿命论, 定数, 命运, 预定, 命定论

发音

US /pɹi.dɛs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/

词形变化

predestinations 复数 predestinations

别名

prædestination

教材释义与例句

名词

命运；预先注定

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.

    宿命论

    可数 不可数 宗教
  2. 2.

    The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    Destiny or fate.

    前定

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

foreordination predetermination preordination

上位词 2

fate destiny

下位词 1

election

词源

From Middle English predestinacion, from Old French predestination, from Late Latin praedēstinātiō. By surface analysis, predestine + -ation. Displaced native Old English foreteohhung.

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