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天意如此!
原文地址:☞ [2018-03-24] 天意如此!

我看过很多遍电影《天国王朝》(Kingdom of Heaven ),有句台词: God wills it! 是十字军打鸡血用的口号,我做过这电影的字幕,当时译为“这是上帝的意旨”,昨天查词典遇到“天意如此”,觉得更为妥帖。

当然,所谓“天意”也不过是任人装扮的小姑娘。

新世纪汉英大词典(第二版)

天意 tiānyì
迷信 God’s will; will of Heaven; providence
» 天意如此。Destiny has willed it so.
» 是天意让我们相遇。It is providence that has brought us together.
» 事在人为,不存在天意。There is no such thing as the will of Heaven. It is man that decides everything.
» 这是天意。It is Heaven’s will.

英汉大词典(第 2 版)

des·ti·ny /ˈdestɪnɪ/
n.
1. 命运
» put one’s own destiny in one’s own hands 掌握自己的命运
2. 天数;天命,神意
» Destiny willed it so. 天意如此。
3. 命运之神;[D-]【希神】【罗神】命运女神;[the Destinies] 命运三女神
» Destiny is sometimes cruel. 命运之神有时是残酷的
will
» However bad the times were, he only said “Heaven wills it.” 无论日子多么艰难,他只是说“天意如此。”

Want to Listen

The Modern Scholar: God Wills It!: Understanding the Crusades

By: Thomas F. Madden
Narrated by: Thomas F. Madden
Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
Unabridged
Release date: 10-27-08
Language: English
Publisher: Recorded Books

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