| 单词 | divination |
| 释义 | divination noun[U] uk/ˌdɪv.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˌdɪv.əˈneɪ.ʃən/theskilloractof saying ordiscoveringwhat willhappenin thefuture 占卜，算命Predicting things and intuition
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Examplesofdivinationdivination The prerequisite for good judgement in matters of the external world, and thedivinationof falsehood, is a knowledge and examination of the soul. From theCambridge English Corpus Unlike prognostics, which simply provide information to correlate natural phenomena and human activities, divinations require action, usually the manipulation of numbers, to answer a question. From theCambridge English Corpus These are two groups of three works, the first on alchemy,46 the second ondivination. From theCambridge English Corpus At the end of the quire, on originally blank leaves, two scribes have added brief notes on indulgences and feasts, and an alphabeticdivination(40). From theCambridge English Corpus The shape of copper money, chess boards,divinationboards, and the decoration of bronze mirrors all reflected this idea. From theCambridge English Corpus This is nodivinationbut is a natural thing in creation. From theCambridge English Corpus But intuition is a very tricky faculty in the fields of science and mathematics, for it essentially meansdivination. From theCambridge English Corpus The series of practices occurring during the nine days of the festival are strictly regulated by tradition anddivination. From theCambridge English Corpus He connects the grammar ofdivinationwith its rhetorical structures. From theCambridge English Corpus Throughout both sides of the theory two methods are in operation,divinationand comparison. From theCambridge English Corpus English condemnations of augur y anddivinationwere more often directed not against its theoretical underpinnings but against its cultural setting. From theCambridge English Corpus I am therefore inclined to believe that the act of scattering seeds performed by the sowing priests could be adivinationritual. From theCambridge English Corpus But precisely this nonrelevance does not make one revise one's beliefs in the general framework of this institution ofdivination. From theCambridge English Corpus As such it is, as expected, studded with dates as well as many anecdotal illustrations of the role of mediums, of divinations, # and of traditional religion. From theCambridge English Corpus Schleiermacher is concerned with knowing as much as possible about the author and speaks of 'divination' as a method of knowing the author's mind. From theCambridge English Corpus 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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