fate: implies an inevitable and sometimes an adverse outcome: the ~ of mariners remains unknown.     （fate通常暗示逆境，例如经历坎坷、屡遭挫折，例如伊索寓言有一篇寓意every one is more or less the master of his own fate每个人都或多或少是自己命运的主人）


destiny: implies something foreordained and often suggests a great or noble course or end: our country's ~.   指崇高高尚的命运，如本例国家的命运，如he was a great leader whose destiny was to free the people of his country他的命运是解放同胞 ordain规定、颁布命令  


lot: suggests a distribution by fate or destiny: it was her ~ to die childless.   (distribution分配，词根TRIB表示give给)


portion: implies the proportioning of good and evil: the ~ that has been meted out to me.     to mete out给予，通常惩罚


doom: distinctly stresses finality and implies a grim and calamitous fate: if the rebellion fails, our ~ is certain.


fate命运: 指不可避免的，尤其是不顺利的际遇或结局，destiny命运: 常表示高尚崇高（的际遇或结局），lot命运: 表示来自于命运，portion命数: 指命运中福祸的比例，doom厄运: 强调末日和灾难性终点


记忆方法: 1) 首字母FDLPD联想成FLPDD飞利浦大帝，有个人叫飞利浦作了皇帝<==命运很好   中文中的"命"指先天注定的固定因素（如出身、天赋），而"运"指后天变化的际遇（如机遇、努力的影响）
       
         2) 命运的意思是预先注定的际遇或结局mean a predetermined state or end.首字母FDLPD联想成FLPDD飞利浦大帝，有个人叫飞利浦作了皇帝<==命运很好