destiny
noun /ˈdestəni/
/ˈdestəni/
(plural destinies)
- [countable] what happens to somebody or what will happen to them in the future, especially things that they cannot change or avoid
命运；天命；天数 - The destinies of five nations were decided at the peace conference.
五个国家的命运在和平会议上决定了。 - He wants to be in control of his own destiny.
他想要掌握自己的命运。 - The contemporary hero is one who stands out against the crowd to fulfil a personal destiny.
当代英雄是一个在人群中脱颖而出完成个人命运的人。
- He came to Paris and found his true destiny as a poet.
他来到巴黎，命中注定成为一个诗人。 - Her destiny lay in that city.
她的命运系于那座城市。 - It was a decision which could have changed my destiny.
这是一个本来会改变我命运的决定。 - No man can escape his destiny.
没有人能逃脱自己的宿命。 - She felt that she had fulfilled her destiny.
她感觉她的宿命应验了。 - She had to find her destiny on her own.
她得靠自己去发现自己的宿命。 - She set up her own business because she wanted to be in control of her own destiny.
她开办了自己的公司，因为她想要掌握自己的命运。 - She was convinced that sooner or later she would fulfil her destiny.
她确信早晚她的宿命都会应验。 - Something was about to happen that would shape her destiny.
决定她命运的事情即将发生。 - The time was right for him to meet his destiny.
他命中注定的时刻就要到了。 - There's not much you can do but accept your destiny.
除了接受命运的安排以外，你没有太多可做的事情。 - the destiny that awaited him
等待着他的命运
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- your own
- manifest
- human
- …
- face
- meet
- fulfil/fulfill
- …
- await somebody
- lie
- be in control of your own destiny
- be master of your own destiny
- a sense of destiny
- …
- The destinies of five nations were decided at the peace conference.
- [uncountable] the power believed to control events
主宰事物的力量；命运之神 - I believe there's some force guiding us—call it God, destiny or fate.
我总认为有某种力量在指引着我们，称之为上帝也罢，天意也罢，还是命运也罢。 - He was driven on by a strong sense of destiny.
他被一种强烈的宿命感所驱使。
Synonyms luckluckTopics Religion and festivalsc2- chance
- coincidence
- accident
- fate
- destiny
- luck the force that causes good or bad things to happen to people:
- This ring has always brought me good luck.
这戒指总是给我带来好运。
- This ring has always brought me good luck.
- chance the way that some things happen without any cause that you can see or understand:
- The results could simply be due to chance.
这结果可能纯属意外。
- The results could simply be due to chance.
- coincidence the fact of two things happening at the same time by chance, in a surprising way:
- They met through a series of strange coincidences.
他们因一连串奇妙的巧合而相遇。
- They met through a series of strange coincidences.
- accident something that happens unexpectedly and is not planned in advance:
- Their early arrival was just an accident.
他们早到仅仅是偶然而已。
- Their early arrival was just an accident.
- fate the power that is believed to control everything that happens and that cannot be stopped or changed:
- Fate decreed that she would never reach America.
命中注定她永远到不了美国。
- Fate decreed that she would never reach America.
- destiny the power that is believed to control events:
- I believe there’s some force guiding us—call it God, destiny or fate.
我认为有某种力量在指引着我们，称之为上帝也罢，天意也罢，或是命运也罢。
- I believe there’s some force guiding us—call it God, destiny or fate.
用 fate 还是 destiny？ - by …luck/chance/coincidence/accident
- It’s no coincidence/accident that…
- pure/sheer luck/chance/coincidence/accident
- to believe in luck/coincidences/fate/destiny
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- your own
- manifest
- human
- …
- face
- meet
- fulfil/fulfill
- …
- await somebody
- lie
- be in control of your own destiny
- be master of your own destiny
- a sense of destiny
- …
- I believe there's some force guiding us—call it God, destiny or fate.
词源Middle English: from Old French destinee, from Latin destinata, feminine past participle of destinare ‘make firm, establish’.