You can think of destined as a road that has already been laid down in front of someone or something. The walking has not happened yet, but the route is drawn and the end of it is already decided. Sometimes that road runs through a whole life, and the end of it is a career, a meeting, or a failure. Sometimes it is much shorter and much more ordinary: the road is simply the route printed on a ticket or a shipping label, and the end of it is a city. Both uses share one idea — the going is still ahead, but the direction is no longer open.

「destined」可以想成前面有一條已經鋪好的路。人還沒走,但路線畫好了,終點也已經定了。有時候那條路很長,通向一個人的一生,終點是一份工作、一次相遇,或一場失敗。有時候那條路很短也很平常,就是機票或貨運單上印的那條航線,終點是一個城市。兩種用法共用同一個畫面:事情還沒發生,但方向已經不由現在決定。

Two branches

已經定好的未來

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sure to happen or become (fate) · adjective · B2

If a person or thing is destined for something, or destined to do something, that future seems certain — it feels already fixed, even though it has not happened yet. This meaning comes after the verb, not in front of a noun.

註定

要送往某個地方

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destined for (a place) · adjective · B2

If a plane, ship, train, person or load of goods is destined for a place, it is travelling there, or it has been sent or set aside to go there.

前往;運往