| 单词 | astrologer |
| 释义 | astrologer noun[C] uk/əˈstrɒl.ə.dʒər/us/əˈstrɑː.lə.dʒɚ/someone whostudiesastrologyand uses it totellpeoplehow theybelieveit willaffecttheirlives 占星师Astrology
Examplesofastrologerastrologer If philosophy or astrology were revealed to the ancients, then the sayings of philosophers or astrologers and the prophecies of inspired seers are equivalent. From theCambridge English Corpus The popular astrologers claim that the forms in this world obey the spheres that carry their appearances (in the images of animals). From theCambridge English Corpus We have not only mathematicians becoming philosophers, but astrologers becoming experimentalists, statesmen becoming naturalists, and alchemists becoming entrepreneurs. From theCambridge English Corpus This fact, the author adds, the astrologers had to take into consideration in their predictions. From theCambridge English Corpus If the patient gets a chance to glance at it, she sees something similar to an astrologer's map (fig. 2). From theCambridge English Corpus Women are chided for believing in omens and consulting astrologers and palmists. From theCambridge English Corpus When a courtier asked theastrologerhow long he (theastrologer) would live, theastrologersaid he still had many years. From theCambridge English Corpus At this, the courtier chopped off the astrologer's head, proving conclusively his inability to predict the future. From theCambridge English Corpus The scribe of the tablet introduces himself as anastrologer-priest. From theCambridge English Corpus Both the sentences are taken from the speech of a roadsideastrologermaking predictions by reading a client's palm. From theCambridge English Corpus Finally, our just man was an admirableastrologer, but he only loved astrology so that he could distinguish the times and prognosticate those which would be prosperous for his congregation. From theCambridge English Corpus Legnano has also read (and probably lifted from) other astrologers as well, although his borrowings betray a lack of true expertise on his part. From theCambridge English Corpus In the intense scrutiny for the signs of the times, all routes to knowledge had value, whether the verses of an ancient prophetess or the calculations of a contemporaryastrologer. From theCambridge English Corpus It is beginning to look like fair comment on many of our economists to-day: they are behaving like the astrologers of old. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We smile indulgently at the newspaper astrologers when they turn out to be wrong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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