中英互译
prophecy
英 /ˈprɒfəsi/美 /ˈprɑːfəsi/
基本释义
- n.预言;预言能力
复数prophecies
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词语例句
预言cn.
Will the teacher's prophecy be fulfilled?
那位老师的预言会实现吗?
预言能力un.
She was believed to have the gift of prophecy.
据信她有预言的天赋。
- Will the teacher's prophecy be fulfilled?那位老师的预言会实现吗?来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- She was believed to have the gift of prophecy.据信她有预言的天赋。来自《牛津词典》
- Fear of failure can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.害怕失败可能真会导致失败。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
相关短语
- self-fulfilling prophecy自我应验的预言
- The Prophecy魔翼杀手
- self-fulfilling prophecy自证预言;自我实现的预言;自我实现预言;自我应验预言
- Indigo Prophecy幻象杀手;靛蓝预言;华氏温度计
- The Celestine Prophecy塞莱斯廷预言;书名;圣境预言
- Bluestar's Prophecy蓝星的预言
词语扩展
词义分布
预言
97.1%
预言书
1.4%
谶
1.4%
英英释义
- n.knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
- n.a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
词源
- prophecy预言,预言能力词根词缀: pro-前 + -phe-说 + -cy名词词尾 → 提前说出来
- prophecy预言名词,来自prophet,预言家,-cy,抽象名词后缀。
- prophecyFrom Middle English prophecie, from Old French prophetie, from Latin prophētīa, from Ancient Greek προφητεία (prophēteía, “prophecy”), from προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “speaker of a god”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “I tell”)