predetermination
[,pridɪ,tɝmə'neʃən]
- n. 预先决定；原有意图
英英释意
- 1. (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)
- 2. the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place