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prophecy

英 [ˈprɒfəsi]

美 [ˈprɑːfəsi]

n.  预言; 预言能力

复数:prophecies 

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牛津词典

    noun

    • 预言
      a statement that sth will happen in the future, especially one made by sb with religious or magic powers
      1. to fulfil a prophecy (= make it come true)
        实现预言
    • 预言能力
      the power of being able to say what will happen in the future
      1. She was believed to have the gift of prophecy.
        据信她有预言的天赋。

    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

    英英释义

    noun

    双语例句

    • Fear of failure can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
      害怕失败可能会真的导致失败。
    • However, in many environments it is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
      然而,在很多环境下,这是一种自我实现的预言。
    • What if I am right? What if the prophecy is true?
      如果我是对的呢?如果预言是真的?
    • That they killed him to fulfill this prophecy.
      他们杀了他来实现预言。
    • It is stereotyping and oppression as self-fulfilling: prophecy.
      这种定型和压抑的力量就像一种会自我实现的预言。
    • It's a self-fulfilling prophecy because if we predict acceptance we get it, if not we don't.
      这就是一个自我实现预言,因为当我们预期会被他人所接纳时,我们获得了接纳,而当我们预期不被接纳时,就不会被接纳。
    • I understand that he has a prophecy to fulfill.
      我知道他要去实现一个预言。
    • His prophecy has now come true.
      他的预言果然应验了。
    • You refer to the prophecy.
      你提到那个大预言中。
    • Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
      第一要紧的,该知道经上所有的预言,没有可随私意解说的。