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

• 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。
• Their prophecies and teachings have been transmitted orally, from generation to generation, for thousands of years.
  他们的预言和教理万年来经由口授代代流传下来。
• 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。
• But where there are prophecies, they will cease;
  但哪里有预言，她们就会在哪里止步；
• 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 primary rights and duties with which jurisprudence busies itself again are nothing but prophecies.
  法学所殚思竭虑之基本权利与义务，即仅此预言者。
• In certain circumstances speculators are capable of creating self-fulfilling prophecies.
  在某些情况下，投机者能够创造出自我实现的预言。
• Lots of discussion on the media about various prophecies and historical evidence and folklore about prior passages.
  媒体上有许多对行星X过境之前的各种预言，历史证据和民间传说的讨论。
• 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。