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predetermine sth
及物动词，后接名词或名词短语作宾语。
Many factors predetermine a child's future success.
许多因素预先决定了孩子未来的成功。
预先决定；事先确定
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预先决定；事先确定
determine beforehand
Many factors predetermine a child's future success.
许多因素预先决定了孩子未来的成功。
预先决定；事先确定。
To determine or decide in advance.
因先前法令而注定；预先注定。
To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.
predetermine
Base
原形
predetermines
3rd person
第三人称单数
predetermining
-ing
现在分词
predetermined
Past
过去式
predetermined
Past participle
过去分词
The schedule predetermines every step of the project.
时间表预先决定了项目的每一步。
The committee predetermined the outcome before the meeting.
委员会在会议之前就预先决定了结果。
The rules have predetermined the result.
规则已经预先决定了结果。
规则动词：过去式和过去分词均为 predetermined，现在分词去掉不发音的 e 加 -ing。
Your daily schedule predetermines every step of the day.
你的日常时间表预先决定了你一天中的每一步。
The coach predetermined the starting lineup before the match.
教练在比赛前就预先决定了首发阵容。
The outcome was predetermined by the rules of the game.
这个结果是由游戏规则预先决定的。
及物动词，后接名词或名词短语作宾语。
Many factors predetermine a child's future success.
许多因素预先决定了孩子未来的成功。
常用被动语态，强调某事在事前已决定。
The meeting date was predetermined by the committee.
会议日期由委员会预先确定。
可接由疑问词引导的宾语从句，表示预先规定某一方面。
The agreement predetermines how profits are shared.
该协议预先规定了利润如何分配。
Not this
The predetermine of the result made us feel helpless.
Use this
The predetermination of the result made us feel helpless.
predetermine 是及物动词，意为“预先决定”，其名词形式是 predetermination。这里需要名词作主语，所以不能用动词原形。
Not this
The outcome was predeterminated by the rules.
Use this
The outcome was predetermined by the rules.
predetermine 是规则动词，过去式和过去分词都是 predetermined，不是 predeterminated。应直接加 -ed。
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预先决定结果
The referee's decisions seemed to predetermine the outcome of the match.
裁判的判罚似乎预先决定了比赛的结果。
预先决定某人的命运
A single mistake can predetermine a candidate's fate in the competition.
一个错误就可能预先决定候选人在比赛中的命运。
由基因预先决定
Your height is partly predetermined by genetics.
你的身高部分由基因预先决定。
预先设定的结论
The report merely supports a predetermined conclusion.
这份报告只是支持一个预先设定的结论。
预先确定的标准
Applicants are judged according to predetermined criteria.
根据预先确定的标准对申请人进行评判。
Use predetermine naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
提前（pre）就定（determine）好，即“预先决定”。记住前缀pre表示“前”。
语域：formal 常见场景：学术写作、法律文件、正式报告 predetermine 比较正式，多用于学术、法律或正式报告等场合，表示“预先决定；事先确定”；日常口语中较少用，通常可说 decide in advance。
'determine' and 'ermine' rhyme with the target: the stressed vowel /ɜː/ is followed by /mɪn/. Beware of the similar spelling of 'undermine', which is pronounced /maɪn/, and of 'examine', which ends in /mɪn/ but has a different stressed vowel, so neither rhymes.
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