prophecy
英 [ˈprɒfəsi]
美 [ˈprɑːfəsi]
n. 预言; 预言能力
复数:prophecies
Collins.1 / BNC.9814 / COCA.9417
牛津词典
noun
- 预言
a statement that sth will happen in the future, especially one made by sb with religious or magic powers- to fulfil a prophecy (= make it come true)
实现预言
- to fulfil a prophecy (= make it come true)
- 预言能力
the power of being able to say what will happen in the future- She was believed to have the gift of prophecy.
据信她有预言的天赋。
- She was believed to have the gift of prophecy.
柯林斯词典
- N-VAR 预言
Aprophecyis a statement in which someone says they strongly believe that a particular thing will happen.- The youth, too, fulfilled the prophecy.
那个年轻人,同样地,让预言说中了。 - ...Biblical prophecy.
《圣经》中的预言
- The youth, too, fulfilled the prophecy.
英英释义
noun
- knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
- a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
双语例句
- Fear of failure can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
害怕失败可能会真的导致失败。 - The youth, too, fulfilled the prophecy.
那个年轻人,同样地,让预言说中了。 - Others discover that believing they will fail becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
另些人们由于相信自己会失败所以产生了一个自我实现的预言。 - It's a self-fulfilling prophecy because if we predict acceptance we get it, if not we don't.
这就是一个自我实现预言,因为当我们预期会被他人所接纳时,我们获得了接纳,而当我们预期不被接纳时,就不会被接纳。 - The teacher's prophecy that the boy would become a great national leader was later fulfilled.
老师曾预言这男孩将会成为一位伟大的国家领袖,这预言后来实现了。 - You refer to the prophecy.
你提到那个大预言中。 - That they killed him to fulfill this prophecy.
他们杀了他来实现预言。 - He seemed to have the gift of prophecy.
他似乎有预言的天赋。 - What if we'd fulfilled the prophecy?
如果我们实现了那个预言的话会怎么样? - Can you picture my prophecy?
你能否想像我的预知能力?