destiny
英 ['destɪnɪ]
美['dɛstəni]
- n. 命运，定数，天命
- n. (Destiny)人名；(英)德斯蒂尼，德斯蒂妮(女名)
词态变化
复数: destinies;
中文词源
destiny 命运
词源同destination, 目的的。用于神学名词命运。
英英释意
- 1. an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
- 2. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you);
- "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"
英文词源
- destiny
- destiny: [14] Etymologically, one’s destiny is that which has been firmly established or determined for one (as if by fate). The word comes from destinee, the Old French descendant of Latin dēstinātus. This was the past participle of dēstināre ‘make firm, establish’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē- and *stanāre ‘fix’ (source also of English obstinate). This in turn was a derivative of stare ‘stand’, a relative of English stand. The Latin verb also gave English destine [14] and hence destination [15], whose current use comes from an earlier place of destination ‘place for which one is bound’.
=> destination, obstinate, stand - destiny (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old French destinée (12c.) "purpose, intent, fate, destiny; that which is destined," noun use of fem. past participle of destiner, from Latin destinare "make firm, establish" (see destination). The sense is of "that which has been firmly established," as by fate.
同义词辨析
destiny, fate, lot, doom, luck, fortune
这些名词均有"命运，运气"之意。
destiny： 普通用词，侧重预先注定的命运，对未来命运的美好憧憬。
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。
lot： 多指偶然的运气或终身遭受的不幸命运。
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。
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。
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。
考试真题
- Personality isn't destiny ( ' , 命运 ), and everyone knows that individuals can learn to change.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- Personality isn't destiny, and everyone knows that individuals can learn to change.
2016年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C
- This movement, driven by powerful and diverse motivations, built a nation out of a wilderness and, by its nature, shaped the character and destiny of an uncharted continent.
出自-2015年考研翻译原文
实用场景例句
- He wants to be in control of his own destiny.
- 他想要掌握自己的命运。
牛津词典
- 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——叫它上帝也罢，天意也罢，还是命运也罢。
牛津词典
- the destinies of nations
- 国家的命运
牛津词典
- We are masters of our own destiny...
- 我们是自己命运的主宰者。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- It is my destiny one day to be king.
- 我命中注定有一天要成为国王。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Is it destiny that brings people together, or is it accident?
- 人们的相遇是天意还是偶然？
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I am the Man of Destiny.
- 我是应运而生的人.
期刊摘选
- His future was radiant, and this day was the needle's eye of his destiny.
- 他的前途光明灿烂, 这一天正是他命运中的关键时刻.
辞典例句
- However insignificant it may be, we have, as a result of this, a cosmic destiny.
- 我们有敌对之物, 可以让我们完成.
期刊摘选
- That he had become a murderer as a man was simply his destiny.
- 长大成人,他变成杀人不眨眼的刽子年,这完全是他的命运后来决定的.
教父部分
- John made his rendezvous with destiny when he met his future wife.
- 约翰决定命运的关键时刻正是与他未来妻子认识之时.
期刊摘选
- It will ruin your life and make wretched your destiny.
- 它将会毁掉你的生活,让你的人生苦不堪言.
期刊摘选
- It is her destiny to entertain others and to be used and then abused Osmond.
- 这是她的命运招待别人,用来然后滥用奥斯蒙德.
期刊摘选
- Nobody knows his own destiny.
- 没有人知道自己的命运.
《简明英汉词典》
- No man can escape his destiny.
- 没人能逃脱他的命运.
辞典例句
- What had destiny in store for these bold travellers?
- 这几位旅行家的命运 如何 ?
期刊摘选
- The development of scientific culture is related closely with the destiny of Chinese nation.
- 我国科技文化的未来发展是关乎中华民族命运的大事.
期刊摘选
- For all our incarnations are focused in one direction, as an arrow pointing to our destiny.
- 我们轮回的生命都相聚在同一个方向, 这就是我们命运的指引.
期刊摘选
- Take control your own destiny.
- 掌握你自己的命运.
期刊摘选
- I can decide my own destiny.
- 我能主宰自己的命运.
期刊摘选
- Folks like to say that knowledge changes destiny.
- 人们喜欢说:知识改变命运.
期刊摘选
- Still we must close the workers and the business enterprise connection, become as the common destiny.
- 还有要密切职工与企业关联, 形成命运共同体.
期刊摘选
- Fate: The Arcanum that governs blessings, curses, destiny, fortune, oaths and probability.
- 命运: 主宰祝福, 诅咒, 定数, 运气, 誓言和概率的奥秘.
期刊摘选
- Your destiny lies with me, Skywalker.
- 你的命运在我手里, 天行者!
期刊摘选
- Can you be master of your destiny?
- 你能掌握自己的命运 吗 ?
《简明英汉词典》
- It was her destiny to become famous.
- 她命里注定出名.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- She's a sentimental woman who believes marriage comes by destiny.
- 她是多愁善感的人,她相信姻缘命中注定.
《简明英汉词典》
- It is my destiny one day to be king.
- 我命中注定有一天要成为国王。
柯林斯例句
- Destiny has ordained that they are who they are.
- 命运已经决定了他们的性格为人。
柯林斯例句
- He departed this world with a sense of having fulfilled his destiny.
- 他带着一种已完成使命的满足感离开了这个世界。
柯林斯例句