fate: implies an inevitable and sometimes adverse outcome: the ~ of mariners remains unknown.


destiny: implies something foreordained and suggests a great or noble course or end: our country's ~.


lot: suggests a distribution by fate or destiny: it was her ~ to die childless.


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: 无法避免,常表示不利的结局, destiny命运: 预先安排的,常表示伟大高尚的历程结局, lot: 命运带来的东西(distribution分配,词根trib表示give给), portion: 福祸的比例, doom厄运: 强调终结,是灾难性命运。


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
       
          2）命运的意思是预先确定的状态或结局mean a predetermined state or end.