destiny

Compared meaning: fate, what will certainly happen (noun).

比较义项：命运，即一个人未来注定发生的事（名词）。

• fate

  Fate often suggests an impersonal or negative outcome imposed by forces beyond one's control, and appears in more fatalistic or dramatic contexts.

  fate 通常暗示一种由不可控力量决定的、非个人化甚至消极的结局，常出现在带有宿命论或戏剧性色彩的语境中。

  The soldiers accepted their fate and prepared for the worst.

  士兵们接受了自己的命运，准备迎接最坏的结果。

• destiny 本词

  Destiny often carries a positive sense of a special or important future someone is meant to fulfill, emphasizing purpose rather than misfortune.

  destiny 通常带有积极色彩，强调某人注定要实现的、具有特殊意义或使命感的未来，而不是不幸的结局。

  She always felt her destiny was to become a great leader.

  她一直觉得自己注定要成为一位伟大的领袖。

Fate and destiny both mean the future events that will happen to someone, but with different tones. Fate often feels neutral or negative, stressing an outcome decided by forces beyond one's control. Destiny often feels positive, stressing a special future someone is meant to fulfill.

这两个词在此义项中都指“命运”，但语气不同：fate 常带有中性或消极色彩，强调由不可控的力量决定、难以逃脱；destiny 则常带有积极色彩，强调某人注定要实现的、具有特殊意义或使命感的未来。