predetermination, predetermine, forespeak, preordain, engage, budget, reserve, phase, slate, fix in advance, predestine, state, preconcert, prearrange, take, schedule, destine, bespeak, foreordain, predestinate

事先推测或说出结果

conj. 表示经过比较后放弃某事而选择另一事，常跟“不如”搭配使用, rather than; better than, usually collocated with “不如”

达到某种目的的想法和要求

vacancies yet to be filled, remains, balance, remaining sum

regular, orderly, successive, in order