predetermine

predetermine
verb
  1. [with obj.]establish or decide in advance
    预先决定,预先确定
    closed questions almost predetermine the response given.
    封闭式的问题几乎预先确定了可能给出的答复。
    [as adj. predetermined]a predetermined level of spending.
    预先确定的消费水平。
    ■(一般作 be predetermined)predestine (an outcome or course of events)
    命中注定
    a strong sense that life had been predetermined.
    一种命由天定的强烈感觉。
派生
predeterminable
adjective
predeterminate
adjective
predetermination
noun
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from late Latin praedeterminare, from prae 'beforehand' + determinare 'limit, settle'
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