Now there might be genetic predispositions, but a predisposition is not the same as a predetermination.

现在可能有遗传倾向，但倾向与预定不同。

Some weeks passed after this conversation before the question of the chaplaincy gathered any practical import for Lydgate, and without telling himself the reason, he deferred the predetermination on which side he should give his vote.

这次谈话后几周过去了，牧师的问题对利德盖特产生了任何实际意义，并且没有告诉自己原因，他推迟了他应该投票给哪一方的预先决定。