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

• Most of the private prophecies of the saints and servants of God were concerned with individuals, their death, recovery from illness, or vocations.
  大部分的私人预言圣徒和仆人上帝的人关注个人，他们的死，恢复从生病，或职业。
• 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。
• The theologians used to assert that the proof the divine inspiration of the Bible rested on miracles and prophecies.
  神学家总是宣称验证《圣经》中神灵的启示有赖于奇迹和预言。
• They invented some prophecies that from the point of view of Mayan astronomy and culture are simply nonsense.
  他们从玛雅天文学和文化的角度创造的一些预言根本是无稽之谈。
• As to prophecies, intelligent writers gave them up long ago.
  至于预言书，明智的作家们早就将它们摒弃了。
• 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。
• Beliefs are self-fulfilling prophecies.
  信心是自我实现的预言。
• 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。
• Interesting Fact: Economic Recessions are self-fulfilling prophecies.
  有趣的事实：经济衰退是自我兑现的预言。
• They are the basis of unconditional prophecies, as opposed to conditional scientific predictions.
  它们是无条件预言的根据，而不是有条件的科学预测。