oracles

英 [ˈɒrəklz]

美 [ˈɔrəkəlz]

n.  (古希腊的)神示所; (传达神谕的)牧师，女祭司; (古希腊常有隐含意义的)神谕，神示; 能提供宝贵信息的人(或书); 权威; 智囊
oracle的复数

柯林斯词典

• （古希腊的）传神谕者，神使，宣示神谕的祭司
  In ancient Greece, anoraclewas a priest or priestess who made statements about future events or about the truth.

双语例句

• A book in the Old Testament containing the oracles of the prophet jeremiah.
  旧约的一卷，包含先知耶利米的神谕。
• When the dust of earth has choked a great man's voice, the common words he said turn to oracles.& samuel clarke.
  死亡使一个伟人的声音沉寂之后，他生前平淡无奇的话，都成了至理名言。克拉克。
• The ancient oracles were often vague and equivocal.
  古代的神谕常是意义模糊和模棱两可的。
• Writing systems earlier than Shang Dynasty oracles have been found. The interpretation of these will shed more light on the dawn of China.
  20年来发现了一些先于殷商卜辞的文字。这些文字的释义将进一步照亮中华文明的曙光。
• In verse the oracles divine were heard.
  神的旨谕在诗句中频显现。
• The Rise of the Li and the Enthronement of the Liu are two political oracles that were widespread during the last days of the Sui Dynasty.
  “李氏将兴”与“刘氏当王”是隋末的政治谶言，它们分别为当时两大集团&太原李唐集团与山东豆子、高鸡泊集团所利用。
• Judging by the great abundance of these bones and the contents of the inscriptions, it is quite definite that oracles regulated even the minute details of the conduct of the king.
  从甲骨数量之多及所刻文字的内容可以断定，商王即使是微小细节的行为举动都要由卜辞来决定。
• Oracles given by the famous in ancient years Delphi Oracle were notorious for being amphigories.
  古代希腊德尔菲神庙给出的神谕以模棱两可著称。
• Puzzlingly for the pragmatic spacemen, their trip to the moon seemed to have elevated them to the status of oracles, and people pressed them for their thoughts on everything from religion to the future of the human species and the chances for world peace.
  对于务实的宇航员感到迷惑的是，他们的登月旅程似乎把他们提升到了圣人的地位，并且人们迫切想知道他们的任何想法，从宗教到人类的未来和世界和平的机会。
• Like all of us, I have watched in recent days as economists and Oracles wail a chorus of lament on every screen, in every newspaper.
  和所有人一样，最近我无论把电视调到哪个频道，翻开哪份报纸，都会看到经济学家和权威们齐声哀叹。