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pre.or.dain objHpri:7C:5deIn, $-C:r-v [T usually passive] fml(esp. of a power thought to be greater than ordinary people) to decide or fix what will happen in a way that cannot be changed or controlled预先决定，预先规定，注定Illness and suffering seemed (to be) preordained to be her lot. [+ obj + to infinitive]看来她命中注定了要有疾病和苦难。From the way these men behave, you'd think it was preordained that women could only do certain types of job! [+ obj + that clause]从这些男人的行为来看，你就会想到女人注定只能做某几样工作！The government appears to be preordaining the outcome of the election by promising tax benefits which few voters could resist.由于许诺了几乎没有什么投票人能抵挡的税收利益，看来政府预先决定了这场选举的结果了。His life seems to have followed a preordained path/direction.他的生活看来是按预定的道路在走。
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