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单词 prophecy
释义
prophecy
noun
uk
/ˈprɒf.ə.si/us
/ˈprɑː.fə.si/
[C]
astatementthat says what is going tohappenin thefuture,especiallyone that isbasedon what youbelieveabout aparticularmatterratherthanexistingfacts:
（尤指基于主观判断的）预言
Theministersuggestedthat thedireprophecies ofcertainleadingenvironmentalistsweresomewhatexaggerated.部长暗示说某些很有影响的环境保护者所作的可怕预言一定程度上有些夸张。
Thesedoomandgloomprophecies are doing little tohelptheeconomy.这些悲观的预言对经济毫无用处。
[U]formal
theabilityto say what is going tohappenin thefuture
预言的能力
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Predicting things and intuition
  • augur
  • augury
  • bellwether
  • betcha
  • bode
  • far-sighted
  • inkling
  • instinct
  • intuit
  • intuition
  • intuitive
  • presage
  • prescience
  • prescient
  • prophesy
  • prophetic
  • psychic
  • second-guess
  • the writing is on the wallidiom
  • visionary
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Extrasensory perception & telepathy
(Definition ofprophecyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

prophecy| American Dictionary

prophecy
noun[C]
us
/ˈprɑf·ə·si/
astatementthattellswhat willhappenin thefuture:
biblicalprophecies
(Definition ofprophecyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprophecy

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The doleful prophecies of that time were the main arguments adduced to scare those who were inclined to vote for this change.
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Prophecies on the nature and the course of previous wars have invariably proved wrong and now to-day there are more unknown factors than ever.
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I am not going to make prophecies about the future.
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Of all fields this, perhaps, is the one in which it would be most rash to make prophecies.
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Therefore, it is proper to be extremely cautious in our prophecies in this area.
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Has the increase in crimes of violence since 1938 been contrary to the prophecies of the judges?
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I do not think that it will be sensible to start making prophecies of the figures in the next six months.
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We think that there are signs again of something like a steady improvement, though it would be unwise to make any rash prophecies.
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We are not making any prophecies about what the cuts in investment will bring in this matter.
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They must not be taken as absolutely precise prophecies.
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I am making no prophecies regarding the future.
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I do not intend to make any prophecies about the future.
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Take the rather dramatic example of the prophecies about the referendum.
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We see what even finite prophecies come to when we subject them to comparison with facts.
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He said that the year in which those prophecies were made was a bad year.
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