prophecies

英 [ˈprɒfɪsiz]

美 [ˈprɑfəsiz]

n.  预言; 预言能力
prophecy的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 预言
  Aprophecyis a statement in which someone says they strongly believe that a particular thing will happen.
  1. The youth, too, fulfilled the prophecy.
     那个年轻人，同样地，让预言说中了。
  2. ...Biblical prophecy.
     《圣经》中的预言

双语例句

• The prophecies of Mayan.
  玛雅人的预言。
• So that's why we have had so much turbulence especially in the winter months, such as doomsday prophecies, school attacks and concern about the economy, said Lo.
  所以这就是为什么我们有如此多的动荡尤其是在冬季的几个月里，如世界末日的预言，校园枪击案和对经济的忧虑，Lo说。
• Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest.
  在我们文化中所有自我完满的预言中，假设老化意为退步和不健康可能是最致命的。
• Many years went by, but the evil prophecies about her marriage were not fulfilled.
  很多年过去了，早先人们对她婚姻的预言并没有应验。
• The prophecies of Daniel took hundreds of years to become reality;
  先知但以理的预言，用了数百年的时间才能应验；
• That's how it's been explained by many different accurate sources, in my opinion, including ancient prophecies that speak of the coming of a Golden Age.
  这就是为许多不同的精确来源所解释到的，依我看来，（这些来源）包括古代预言提到的一个黄金时代的到来。
• Beliefs are self-fulfilling prophecies.
  信心是自我实现的预言。
• In ancient times this kind of poetry and counseling was well known in the form of prophecies and visions from seers or shamans.
  在古代，这种诗文和箴言以先知或萨满的预言和显灵的形式而众所周知。
• Beliefs very often become self-fulfilling prophecies.
  信念常常会成为自我实现的预言。
• One case where prophecies can be self-fulfilling is a bank run.
  在一种情况下预言可能会自我应验：银行挤兑。