divination

英 [ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃn]

美 [ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃn]

n.  占卜; 预测; 预言

复数：divinations　

BNC.34177 / COCA.18486

牛津词典

noun

• 占卜；预测；预言
  the act of finding out and saying what will happen in the future

柯林斯词典

• 占卜（术）;预测;预言
  Divinationis the art or practice of discovering what will happen in the future using supernatural means.

英英释义

noun

• the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
  Synonym:foretellingsoothsayingfortune telling
• a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
  Synonym:prophecy
• successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

双语例句

• They're part of an ancient Greek divination ritual.
  他们是古希腊占卜仪式的一部分。
• Don't you know that a man like me can find things out by divination?
  你们岂不知象我这样的人必能占卜吗？
• Junqi astrology, as part of qi divination in ancient Chinese astrology, has very early origins.
  “军气占”属于中国古代天象占中的气占，起源甚早。
• You are to come to wife divination, right?
  你是来给老婆卜卦，对吗？
• The Xuan Tong Da Shu is one of the most important works of divination in Bimo Culture.
  《玄通大书》是毕摩文化中最重要的占卜经典。
• The concept of number originated very early and divination by Zhouyi might be its earliest origin we know.
  数字观念的源起很早，《易》占可能是已知最早的源头。
• Superficially, the Book of Changes is indeed about divination.
  从表面上看《周易》的确是一部占卜吉凶的书。
• To foretell through or as if through the art of divination.
  占卜，预言通过或似通过占卜术预言。
• In societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination.
  在社会上练习萨满教的人；可以联通可见世界和精神世界的人；练习巫术来治病或预言的人。
• You should have known that such a man as I could discover by divination what happened.
  难道你们不知道像我这样的人会占卜吗？