establish or decide in advance
预先决定,预先确定
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closed questions almost predetermine the response given 封闭式的问题几乎预先确定了可能给出的答复
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[as adj.
predetermined ]a predetermined level of spending .预先确定的消费水平。
 
(一般作
命中注定
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a strong sense that life had been predetermined .一种命由天定的强烈感觉。
 
"early 17th cent.: from late Latin