fate: implies an inevitable and sometimes adverse outcome: the ~ of mariners remains unknown.
destiny: implies sth. foreordained and sug. a great or noble course or end: our country's ~.
lot: sug. 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(给予通常惩罚) to me.
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) 基本意思相同,predetermined state or end预先确定的状态或结局.
2) 首字母联想FDLPD: FLPDD飞利浦大帝,假设有个人叫飞利浦,命运很好,作了皇帝。
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