英文美句D129：人生宛如一场牌局……
Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
人生宛如一场牌局，拿到什么牌，那是命中注定，但如何出牌，却操之在己。
——Jawaharlal Nehru（贾瓦哈拉尔·尼赫鲁 [印度开国总理)]）
【相关单词短语讲解】
determinism
英 [dtmnzm] 美 [dtrmnzm]
n. 决定论(排除自由意志，认为个性或行为均由环境和自己不能控制的因素所决定)；宿命论：the belief that people are not free to choose what they are like or how they behave, because these things are decided by their surroundings and other things over which they have no control
(1) I don"t believe in historical determinism.
我不相信历史决定论。
——《柯林斯词典》
(2) It was the old concept of determinism in a new form.
这是用新方式来表达宿命论的旧观念。
【拓展： determine】
英 [dtmn] 美 [dtrmn]
v. 查明；测定；准确算出；决定；形成；支配；影响；确定；裁决；安排
(1) 查明；测定；准确算出：to discover the facts about sth; to calculate sth exactly
An inquiry was set up to determine the cause of the accident.
已展开调查以确定事故原因。
We set out to determine exactly what happened that night.
我们着手查明那天晚上发生的事情。
(2) 决定；形成；支配；影响：to make sth happen in a particular way or be of a particular type
Age and experience will be determining factors in our choice of candidate.
年龄和经验是我们选择候选人的决定因素。
Upbringing plays an important part in determining a person"s character.
后天培养对于一个人性格的形成起着重要作用。
(3) 确定；裁决；安排：to officially decide and/or arrange sth
A date for the meeting has yet to be determined.
会议日期尚待确定。
The court determined (that) the defendant should pay the legal costs.
法庭裁决由被告支付诉讼费用。
(4) ~ on sth/to do sth [重点，敲黑板]
决定，决心（做某事）：to decide definitely to do sth
Testing needs to be done to determine the long-term effects on humans.
需要进行检测以确定其对人的长期影响。
——《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
They determined to start early.
他们决定早点出发。
——《牛津词典》
【拓展： determined】
英 [dtmnd] 美 [dtrmnd]
adj. 决心；决定；决意；坚定的；坚决的；果断的
v. 查明；测定；准确算出；决定；形成；支配；影响；确定；裁决；安排
determine的过去分词和过去式
(1) [not before noun] ~ (to do sth)
决心；决定；决意：if you are determined to do sth, you have made a firm decision to do it and you will not let anyone prevent you
I"m determined to succeed.
我决心要获得成功。
(2) 坚定的；坚决的；果断的：showing a person"s determination to do sth
a determined effort to stop smoking
坚决戒烟的努力
The proposal had been dropped in the face of determined opposition.
这项建议因遭到坚决反对而被放弃。
【拓展： deterministic】
英 [dtmnstk] 美 [dtrmnstk]
adj. (思想、解释等)基于决定论的；(力量、因素)不可抗拒的，不可逆转的
(1) (观点、解释等)（基于）决定论的：Deterministic ideas or explanations are based on determinism.
a deterministic view of human progress
关于人类进步的决定论观点
(2) (力量或因素)不可抗拒的，不可逆转的：Deterministic forces and factors cause things to happen in a way that cannot be changed.
The rise or decline of the United States is not a function of deterministic forces.
美国的兴衰并非不可抗力作用的结果。
——《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》