(especially of a power thought to be greater than ordinary people) to decide or fix what will happen in a way that cannot be changed or controlled(尤指超越凡人的力量)预先决定,预先规定,注定
[ + to infinitive ]Illness and suffering seemed (to be) preordained to be her lot.看来她命中注定了要遭受疾病和苦难。
His life seems to have followed a preordained path/direction.他的人生似乎遵循着冥冥中业已注定的轨迹/方向前行。