foreordain
foreordain — 動詞
- foreordainpresent simple I / you / we / they
- foreordains3rd person singular
- foreordaining-ing form
- foreordainedpast simple
1. to fix in advance, as if by the will of God or fate, that something is sure to h
預先註定
（神意或命運）預先決定某事必然發生
to fix in advance, as if by the will of God or fate, that something is sure to happen, so that no one can prevent it.
Christopher believed that God had foreordained every step of his long journey home.
Christopher 相信上帝早已註定他這趟漫長返鄉之路的每一步。
active: subject + foreordain + noun object
The old prophecy claimed that the kingdom's fall had been foreordained centuries earlier.
那則古老的預言宣稱，這個王國的覆滅在好幾個世紀前就已註定。
passive: be foreordained + time expression
Élise felt that her grandmother's illness was foreordained and could not be avoided.
Élise 覺得祖母的病是命中註定的，無法避免。
Some ancient Greeks held that the gods foreordain the day each person will die.
有些古希臘人認為，眾神早已註定每個人死亡的日子。
Kwame argued that nothing in life is foreordained and every choice remains ours.
Kwame 主張人生沒有什麼是命中註定的，每個選擇都操之在我們手中。
- predestine
very close in meaning and register; even more strongly tied to religious belief in God's plan
- preordain
spelling variant with the same sense; both suggest a higher power fixing events
- predetermine
more neutral; can describe a mechanical or scientific cause, not only fate or God
- destine
usually passive ('be destined to'); broader and less formal than foreordain
文法句型
foreordain + noun
be foreordained
foreordain + that-clause
用法筆記
Frequently passive ('be foreordained') and most common in religious, philosophical, or literary writing about fate and destiny; rare in everyday speech.