divination

英 [ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃn]

美 [ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃn]

n.  占卜; 预测; 预言

复数：divinations　

BNC.34177 / COCA.18486

牛津词典

noun

• 占卜；预测；预言
  the act of finding out and saying what will happen in the future

柯林斯词典

• 占卜（术）;预测;预言
  Divinationis the art or practice of discovering what will happen in the future using supernatural means.

英英释义

noun

• the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
  Synonym:foretellingsoothsayingfortune telling
• a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
  Synonym:prophecy
• successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

双语例句

• Purple Star astrology is a traditional Taoist Chinese divination system.
  紫薇斗数是中国道家传统的算命方法。
• In societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination.
  在社会上练习萨满教的人；可以联通可见世界和精神世界的人；练习巫术来治病或预言的人。
• In divination, the judgement of two men out of the three engaged in it should be followed.
  任用这些人从事卜筮时，三个人的占卜，应当信从其中两个人的判断。
• Katherine McCormack goes beyond horoscopes and provides a quick guide to other forms of divination.
  凯瑟琳？麦考马克超越了占星并给其它形式的预言提供了快速的指导。
• The concept of number originated very early and divination by Zhouyi might be its earliest origin we know.
  数字观念的源起很早，《易》占可能是已知最早的源头。
• Rinpoche told me several times that the MO ( divination) was not good.
  仁波切数度告诉我占卜的结果并不好。
• These characters were mostly prayers by Shang rulers at divination and sacrificial rites, as well as simple records.
  这些文字，大都是商代统治者占卜祭祀时的祝辞和简单记事。
• It is practicing two things that are forbidden and condemned: divination and necromancy.
  这是在实习被禁止和谴责的两件事：占卜和招魂。
• You are to come to wife divination, right?
  你是来给老婆卜卦，对吗？
• This text was used to record the results of divination, which is recorded the event symbols.
  文字当时是用来记录占卜结果的，也记录事件的符号。