
好词典

源自拉丁语 'praedeterminare',由 'prae-'(在前)和 'determinare'(决定)组成,意为“预先决定”。
❶ 指某事在发生前就已经被决定或安排好的,强调结果或过程不是偶然的,而是预先设定好的。
“The winner of the competition was predetermined by the judges.”
(比赛的获胜者是由评委预先决定的。)
“The meeting had a predetermined agenda that everyone followed.”
(会议有一个预先确定的议程,所有人都遵循了它。)
predetermined outcome — 指某个事件或过程的结果在发生前就已经被决定或设定好,常用于描述计划、实验或比赛等场景。
“The game felt unfair because the predetermined outcome was obvious from the start.”
(这场比赛感觉不公平,因为从一开始就能看出结果是预先决定的。)