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prophecy

英 [ˈprɒfəsi]

美 [ˈprɑːfəsi]

n.  预言; 预言能力

复数:prophecies 

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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
      1. to fulfil a prophecy (= make it come true)
        实现预言
    • 预言能力
      the power of being able to say what will happen in the future
      1. She was believed to have the gift of prophecy.
        据信她有预言的天赋。

    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.
      1. The youth, too, fulfilled the prophecy.
        那个年轻人,同样地,让预言说中了。
      2. ...Biblical prophecy.
        《圣经》中的预言

    英英释义

    noun

    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?