Even so , the west 's success was not preordained .
即便如此，西方的成功也并非注定的。
So the soviet union 's failure in afghanistan was preordained .
所以苏联在阿富汗的失败是注定的。
The world may be travelling in this or that direction now , but that does not mean the trajectory is preordained .
全球现在可能正朝着这个或那个方向前进，但这并不意味着道路是预先注定的。
If the american system is antiquated and dysfunctional , that dysfunction is preordained .
如果说美国体系是过时的，是功能不良的，那是命中早已注定的。
Your correspondent was struck by the sense of just how much these men felt that fighting and looting were preordained by history , something their fathers , grandfathers and great-grandfathers had done before them and their sons would do again in future .
