| 词汇 | manifest destiny |
| 词源 | manifest destiny. The 19th-century belief or doctrine that it was the divine destiny of the United States to expand its territo- ry over the whole of North America. An 1845 editorial by John L. O’Sullivan supporting the U.S. annexation of Texas was the first to use the term: “[It is] our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.” |
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