destine['destin]

• vt.
  • 预定，指定；打算使…(成)为，指派，委托(for):

    His parents destined him for a career at the Bar.

    他父母打算要他从事律师业。

    Those books were destined for her.

    这些书是指定给她的。

    the ship destined for New York

    一艘开往纽约的轮船

  • (命运)注定，命定[常用于被动语态]：

    He was destined from his birth to enter into the church.

    他生来就注定要当牧师。

    Their attempt is destined to failure.

    他们的企图注定要失败。

• 变形:

  vt.destined.destining