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单词 prediction
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prediction
noun[CorU]
uk
/prɪˈdɪk.ʃən/us
/prɪˈdɪk.ʃən/
B2
astatementabout what youthinkwillhappenin thefuture:
预计，预料，预言
Please don'taskme tomakeany predictionsabouttomorrow'smeeting.请不要让我对明天的会议进行预测。
[+ that]No onebelievedher predictionthattheworldwould end on 12November.没人相信她对于世界将在11月12日毁灭的预言。
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  • The prediction of 4 millionunemployednowlookshorrifyinglyrealistic.
  • Thefiguresareimprecisebecause they'rebasedon a prediction of next year'ssales.
  • Thisenvironmentalreportcontainsmoredarkpredictions about thefutureof theearth.
  • Their predictions werehopelesslyout oflinewith theactualresults.
  • Her predictionsturnedout to beuncannilyaccurate.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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  • betcha
  • bode
  • far-sighted
  • inkling
  • instinct
  • intuit
  • intuition
  • intuitive
  • prescience
  • prescient
  • prophecy
  • prophesy
  • prophetic
  • psychic
  • second-guess
  • the writing is on the wallidiom
  • visionary
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(Definition ofpredictionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

prediction| Business English

prediction
noun[C]
uk
/prɪˈdɪkʃən/us
astatementabout what youthinkwillhappenin thefuture:
make a predictionAnalysts arebusymaking predictionsabout what we canexpectin the nextbudget.
prediction thatThisfallhasconfirmedourprediction thatconfidencewouldsoftenin thewakeofinterestraterises.
prediction of sthOutput willgrowby only 2.2% thisyear, well down on last October's prediction of 3.6%.
prediction for sthHis prediction for theeconomyin 2003, which manythoughtover-optimistic,turnedout to be spot-on.
(Definition ofpredictionfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprediction

prediction
It is theory tested by many individual research findings that permits the generation of predictions about program outcomes under different conditions.
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Science advances by replacing old theories with new ones that make better predictions.
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The twopredictionequations give exactly the same ranks to the primary prevention cases.
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We made four predictions about the possible roles of group differences, perceptual- motor ability, task difficulty, and chronological age in nonlinguistic performance.
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Two determinants had a unique contribution to thepredictionof symbolic competence: maternal depression and parent sensitivity.
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The results of the two studies supported thispredictionand the incrementalist model upon which it is based.
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We are not targeting accurate predictions in the face of drastic unseen-before changes in workload patterns.
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Although neitherpredictionis specified in detail, we are confident they will ultimately guide new research.
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The ultimate aim of attempts to describe and explain any system must be to make testable predictions, ideally within the quantitative framework of a model.
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Most predictions generated focus on experimental tests of unclear relevance to real life.
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This means that the model does not really make precise predictions about which word is fixated.
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A longitudinalpredictionmodel suggests strategies for primary and secondary prevention.
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The predictions for both cohorts are made under two different forces of infection.
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Measurement andpredictionof -owering in annual crops.
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These studies made use of the serialpredictiontask, which requires participants to predict perceptual events on the basis of stimulus sequences.
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Collocationswithprediction

prediction

These are words often used in combination withprediction.

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accurate prediction
The diathesis-stress/incoherent present state of mind model achieved the highestaccuratepredictionrate (four out of four).
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confident prediction
When information is imperfect, however, thisconfidentpredictionis not possible.
From theCambridge English Corpus
dire prediction
Will he join me in welcoming the fact that thatdirepredictionhas been proved to be completely without foundation?
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