中英互译
prophet
英 /ˈprɒfɪt/美 /ˈprɑːfɪt/
基本释义
- n.(基督教、犹太教、伊斯兰教等的)先知;预言家;提倡者,拥护者;穆罕默德(the Prophet,伊斯兰教创始人);犹太教诸先知,《先知书》(the Prophets)
复数prophets
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词语例句
(基督教、犹太教、伊斯兰教等的)先知cn.
He holds the belief that he is a latter-day prophet.
他深信自己是当代先知。
预言家cn.
The prophets of doom who said television would kill off the book were wrong.
认为电视会扼杀书籍的悲观预言家完全错了。
提倡者,拥护者cn.
William Morris was one of the early prophets of socialism.
威廉·莫里斯是社会主义的早期传播者之一。
穆罕默德(the Prophet,伊斯兰教创始人)n. (sing.)
They are the followers of the Prophet.
他们是穆罕默德的追随者。
- The pity is that you are not a prophet.可惜你不能未卜先知。来自《新英汉大辞典》
- The prophet appropriately appropriated the fund for repairing propeller.提倡者恰当地为修理螺旋桨拨专款。
- In the tradition, one of the companions asked the prophet what's the most powerful verse in Koran.在传统中,一个同伴问先知《古兰经》中最有力量的一节是什么。
相关短语
- prophet of doom/disaster预言厄运/灾难的人
- prophet of sth.……的提倡者
- followers of the Prophet穆罕默德的追随者
- The Prophet先知;预言家;预言者;纪伯伦
- A Prophet预言者;大狱言家;预言先知;预言者影评
- false prophet虚假先知
- major prophet大先知书;大先知
- Daily Prophet预言家日报;预言家曰报;先觉早上出版的报纸;巫师的报纸
词语扩展
词义分布
先知
96.6%
预言者
2.6%
提倡者
0.9%
英英释义
- n.an authoritative person who divines the future
- n.someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God
词源
- prophet预言家,先知;倡导者,主张者来源于拉丁语propheta,意为传达上帝意愿的人,可追溯至希腊语的prophet-;经由古法语传入英语;propheta由pro-(预先)和pheta(说)组成。 词根词缀: pro-前 + -phe-说 + t → 提前说出来
- prophet预言家,先知来自拉丁语propheta,预言家,先知,来自pro-,提前,-phet,说,来自PIE*bha,说,词源同fate,phone.