destined
['dɛstɪnd]
a. 预, , 命

1. These books are destined for him.
   些书指。
2. Having been destined; fated.
   已；免
3. His work was destined never to succeed.
   永远。

destined
[ adj ]

1. headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'

<adj.all>
children bound for school
a flight destined for New York

2. (usually followed by `to') governed by fate

<adj.all>
bound to happen
an old house destined to be demolished
he is destined to be famous

Destine \Des"tine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Destined}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Destining}.] [F. destiner, L. destinare; de + the root of
stare to stand. See {Stand}, and cf. {Obstinate}.]
To determine the future condition or application of; to set
apart by design for a future use or purpose; to fix, as by
destiny or by an authoritative decree; to doom; to ordain or
preordain; to appoint; -- often with the remoter object
preceded by to or for.

We are decreed,
Reserved, and destined to eternal woe. --Milton.

Till the loathsome opposite
Of all my heart had destined, did obtain. --Tennyson.

Not enjoyment and not sorrow
Is our destined end or way. --Longfellow.

Syn: To design; mark out; determine; allot; choose; intend;
devote; consecrate; doom.