man·i·fest des·ti·ny
noun/ˌmænɪfest ˈdestəni/
/ˌmænɪfest ˈdestəni/
[uncountable]- a phrase much used in 19th-century America to mean the right of the US to own and occupy land across the continent to the Pacific Ocean. It was first used in 1845 by John L O'Sullivan, editor of the United States Magazine and Democratic Review. He wrote that the US should 'overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions'. The idea of manifest destiny involved taking a lot of land belonging to native North American peoples, especially in Oregon, and taking California and Texas from Mexico, which led to the Mexican War.
这个短语在 19 世纪的美国被广泛使用，表示美国拥有和占领横跨大陆到太平洋的土地的权利。它于 1845 年由《美国杂志》和《民主评论》的编辑约翰·L·奥沙利文首次使用。他写道，美国应该“遍布上帝分配的大陆，让我们每年成倍增长的数百万人自由发展”。昭昭天命的思想涉及夺取北美原住民的大量土地，特别是俄勒冈州的土地，并从墨西哥手中夺取加利福尼亚州和德克萨斯州，从而导致了墨西哥战争。