destined /ˈdestind/ adj. 1.命中注定的,预定的:The proposal was destined to be defeated. 这项提议注定要失败。2.以…为目的地的(for):a room destined for the reception of…接待…用的房间 This ship is destined for America. 这艘船的目的地是美国。
destiny /ˈdestini/ n. 1.[u]命运: grasp one’s destiny in one’s own hand 掌握自己的命运 2.[c]天数,天命: It was his destiny to die in a foreign country. 命中注定他客死它乡。
[辨析]destiny表示的“命运”最为普通,尽管可以说No man can escape his destiny. 但该词在表示“命中注定”时,语气不如fate 强烈。对于fate,无论是好运还是孬运毫无作用。fortune常指由于 luck或chance而带来的好运。