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单词 destiny
释义
destiny
noun
uk
/ˈdes.tɪ.ni/us
/ˈdes.tɪ.ni/
C1[C]
the things that willhappenin thefuture:
前途；命运
The destinyofournationdependson thisvote!我们国家的前途取决于这次选举！
Shefeltthat her destiny had beenshapedby hergender.她觉得自己的性别已经决定了自己的命运。
Peoplewanttocontrol/determine/takechargeoftheirown destinies.人们想要掌控自己的命运。
C1[U]
theforcethat somepeoplethinkcontrolswhathappensin thefuture, and isoutsidehumancontrol:
命运之神；老天，上苍
You can'tfightdestiny.你无法与命运之神抗争。
He is atragicvictimof destiny.他是命运的不幸牺牲品。
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(Definition ofdestinyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

destiny| American Dictionary

destiny
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈdes·tə·ni/
theparticularstateof apersonor thing in thefuture,consideredasresultingfromearlierevents:
[C]We allwanttodetermineourown destinies.
Destiny is theforcethat somepeoplethinkcontrolswhathappensin thefuture, and which cannot beinfluencedbypeople.
(Definition ofdestinyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdestiny

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We may readily pose this question in terms of postmortem destinies.
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Concentration on moral categories leads some authors to overrate the extent to which humans can subdue their lower natures and act to decide their own destinies.
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Their libertarianism consists largely in acknowledging refractory incongruities that distinguish various moral communities, and in insisting that communities remain free to chart their own moral destinies.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We must put an end to selfishness and see our destinies bound together.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We have been in control of their destinies for 125 or 130 years.
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Other factors which are often beyond the control of those who guide the destinies of particular newspapers result in failure.
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There has been a divorce between the instruments of government and the people over whose destinies they preside.
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We prefer to entrust our fate to their verdict rather than to the gentlemen who have hitherto had too much power in shaping our destinies.
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Certainly it would not affect the destinies of this country.
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They must not deny to the peoples of those territories the right to decide their own destinies, not only politically but economically as well.
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In those countries whose destinies have been guided by people determined, come what may, to preserve their own privileges there has been disaster.
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I understand the frustration that they feel when decisions about their livelihoods and work destinies are taken so far away from local level.
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In a life-and-death struggle we cannot afford to have our destinies in the hands of failures or men who need a rest.
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At some time or other, if luck comes our way, we may be called upon to control the destinies of the nation.
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The destinies of people who will rely in future on social housing at affordable rents will be determined by the decisions that we take today.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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