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 .

记者们一定曾震惊于他们是多么笃信烧杀劫掠就该是历史注定的事情，是他们的父辈，祖父辈及曾祖父辈们未竟而理应由子孙后代们继续的事情。