the events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future 将来不可避免要发生的事,注定了要发生的事 she was unable to control her own destiny. 她无法控制自己的命运。 ■[mass noun]the hidden power believed to control what will happen in the future; fate 命运,天数 he believes in destiny. 他相信命。
语源
Middle English: from Old French destinee, from Latin destinata, feminine past participle of destinare 'make firm, establish'