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predestination

/pri-des-tuh-ney-shuhn, pree-des-/US // prɪˌdɛs təˈneɪ ʃən, ˌpri dɛs- //UK // (priːˌdɛstɪˈneɪʃən) //

宿命,宿命论,缘分,预定

Related Words

fortune财富,运气,命运,幸运fate命运,缘分,运气,天命ordinance条例,法令,法规,条例规定kismet因果关系,缘分,因果报应,命中注定portion部分,一部分,份额,部分内容karma因果报应,因果关系,因果循环,因果inevitability必然性,不可避免地,不可避免的,不可避免predetermination预决算,预先确定,预测,预决断foreordination前期协调,前言,前序,前缘

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act of predestinating or predestining.
    • : the state of being predestinated or predestined.
    • : fate; destiny.
    • : Theology. the action of God in foreordaining from eternity whatever comes to pass.the decree of God by which certain souls are foreordained to salvation.Compare election, double predestination.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
fate命运,缘分,运气,天命foreordination前期协调,前言,前序,前缘fortune财富,运气,命运,幸运inevitability必然性,不可避免地,不可避免的,不可避免karma因果报应,因果关系,因果循环,因果kismet因果关系,缘分,因果报应,命中注定ordinance条例,法令,法规,条例规定portion部分,一部分,份额,部分内容predetermination预决算,预先确定,预测,预决断god's will神的旨意,上帝的旨意,神的意志,神的意愿course of events事态发展,事态的发展,事态发展变化,事态发展过程divine decree神圣的命令,神圣的旨意,圣旨,神圣的指令way the ball bounces球的弹跳方式,球的反弹方式,球的弹跳方法,弹跳方式way the cookie crumbles饼干碎裂的方式,饼干的碎裂方式,饼干碎屑的方式,曲奇饼干的方式what is written所述内容,所写的内容,所载内容,所写的东西

Examples

  • Such are the ideas which the dogma of gratuitous predestination gives of Divinity!

  • Again: Bolsee was brought to trial for "having other ideas than those of Calvin on predestination."

  • Why, don't you know, you little goose, that these are signs of your predestination?

  • I do not pretend to determine the controverted point of predestination, the foreknowledge and decrees of Providence.

  • His opinion of the professors of physic was rather singular, and seemed to border upon predestination.

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