predetermine

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小知识

The verb predetermine means “determine in advance,” like when you predetermine how much money you will spend on your friend's birthday present to make shopping easier.

Predetermine comes from the Latin word praedeterminare, from prae, meaning “beforehand,” and determinare, meaning “limit, settle.” When you predetermine things, such as who will bring the food and music to a party, things run more smoothly than if you left it to chance. Another meaning of the word isn't so positive — if the organizers of a contest predetermine that their friend will win, this isn't fair to the other participants.

实用短语

1. predetermine your mind to success

   增强信心的三个法则,对成功沟通充满信心

2. predetermine time standard

   准法

3. predetermine a course of action

   预先决定行动纲领

4. prejudge preview predetermine predecease

   的预先

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词根：predetermine

predetermined业已决定的；先已决定的

predetermination预先决定；原有意图

predetermined已决定的（predetermine的过去式和过去分词）