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prophecy

英 ['prɒfɪsɪ] 美['prɑfəsi]

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近义词augury palmistry divination astrology

n. 预言；预言书；预言能力

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中文词源

prophecy 预言

名词，来自prophet,预言家，-cy,抽象名词后缀。

词态变化

复数: prophecies;

英文词源

prophecy (n.): c. 1200, prophecie, prophesie, "function of a prophet," from Old French profecie (12c. Modern French prophétie) and directly from Late Latin prophetia (source also of Spanish profecia, Italian profezia), from Greek propheteia "gift of interpreting the will of the gods," from prophetes (see prophet). Meaning "thing spoken or written by a prophet" is from c. 1300.

双语例句

1. Fear of failure can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.: 害怕失败可能会真的导致失败。

2. The youth, too, fulfilled the prophecy.: 那个年轻人，同样地，让预言说中了。

3. If you expect to fail, you will fail. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy .: 你如果预期失败，就会失败。这是一种自我应验的预测。

4. Apollo was the Greek god of the arts, prophecy, medicine and light.: 阿波罗是希腊神话中主管艺术、预言、医药和光明之神.

5. A prophet made a prophecy that the kingdom would fall.: 一位预言家预言那个王国将要灭亡.

英英释意

1. knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)

2. a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

实用场景例句

to fulfil a prophecy (= make it come true): 实现预言

She was believed to have the gift of prophecy.: 据信她有预言的天赋。

The youth, too, fulfilled the prophecy.: 那个年轻人，同样地，让预言说中了。

...Biblical prophecy.: 《圣经》中的预言

Compare his reluctance here with his announcement of a prophecy at the climax of the Antigone.: 将此处他的勉强和在《安蒂冈妮》中宣布神喻的高潮相比较.

That is a terrible prophecy.: 这可是个吓人的预言.

He has the gift of prophecy.: 他有预言的天赋.

If that isn't prophecy, what is it?: 这不是天机, 是什么?

Apollo was the Greek god of the arts, prophecy, medicine and light.: 阿波罗是希腊神话中主管艺术、预言、医药和光明之神.

A prophet made a prophecy that the kingdom would fall.: 一位预言家预言那个王国将要灭亡.

His prophecy has come true.: 他的预言应验了.

He is instructed in the art of prophecy.: 他学习预言艺术.

The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.: 1利慕伊勒王的言语, 是他母亲教训他的真言.

May this prophecy come to pass in Jesus'name, Amen!: 就让这预言奉主耶稣的名实现吧, 阿们!

The testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of prophecy.: 龙就是魔鬼,他尽力设法叫我们犯上帝的诫命,轻视预言之灵所传来耶稣的见证.

And such a prophecy would not have been an altogether vain one.: 这样的预言不会完全没有价值.

The prophecy is specific about time.: 预言是针对时间而言的.

Already the forerunner was born, his mission attested by miracle and prophecy.: 约翰诞生的消息和他使命的奇妙意义早已传遍各地.

Alibaba Group senior vice president, Ali Wang Tao, president of software recently issued a prophecy.: 阿里巴巴集团资深副总裁、阿里软件总裁王涛近日发出预言.

She firmly believed in the prophecy.: 她笃信神谕.

Worldwide, people are fascinated with a purported Mayan prophecy that predicts a cataclysmic event in 2012.: 在世界范围内, 人们着迷据称玛雅预言预测的灾难性事件在2012年.

Compare it with Peter's prophecy.: 把这个预言与彼得的预言对比.

The prophecy came to pass.: 预言实现了.

His prophecy has now come true.: 他的预言果然应验了.

When John saw the scroll he expected to receive this revelation of prophecy.: 当约翰看到那个小书卷的时候,他也希望能够得到这预言的启示.

The prophecy has unfortunately come true.: 不幸言中.

Fra Pavel : Are you familiar with the Prophecy of the Witches?: 弗拉·帕沃尔: 你知道巫师们的预言能力吗 ?

The youth, too, fulfilled the prophecy.: 那个年轻人，同样地，让预言说中了。

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