标题:Is Your Name Your Destiny?
正文:Long before Reddit users discovered the firefighter Les McBurney, humans were fascinated by the idea that a person’s name influences his destiny. The ancient Romans even left us a rhyme for this concept, nomen est omen, or “the name is an omen.” The relationship between names and destinies has increasingly become the subject of scientific inquiry.
知识点:destiny n.
what happens to sb or what will happen to them in the future, especially things that they cannot change or avoid命运;天命;天数
the destinies of nations国家的命运
He wants to be in control of his own destiny.他想要掌握自己的命运。
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