predestination

[ˌpri:destɪˈneɪʃn] [priˌdɛstəˈneʃən]
例句
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • N-UNCOUNT
    宿命论;命定说
    If you believe in predestination, you believe that people have no control over events because everything has already been decided by a power such as God or fate.
英英词典释义
  • Noun
    1. previous determination as if by destiny or fate
    2. (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)