prophecy
英 [ˈprɒfəsi]
美 [ˈprɑːfəsi]
n. 预言; 预言能力
复数：prophecies
Collins.1 / BNC.9814 / COCA.9417
牛津词典
noun
- 预言
a statement that sth will happen in the future, especially one made by sb with religious or magic powers- to fulfil a prophecy (= make it come true)
实现预言
- to fulfil a prophecy (= make it come true)
- 预言能力
the power of being able to say what will happen in the future- She was believed to have the gift of prophecy.
据信她有预言的天赋。
- She was believed to have the gift of prophecy.
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.- The youth, too, fulfilled the prophecy.
那个年轻人，同样地，让预言说中了。 - ...Biblical prophecy.
《圣经》中的预言
- The youth, too, fulfilled the prophecy.
英英释义
noun
- knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
- a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
双语例句
- That they killed him to fulfill this prophecy.
他们杀了他来实现预言。 - This creates a self-fulfilling prophecy.
这就创造了一个自我实现的预言。 - I understand that he has a prophecy to fulfill.
我知道他要去实现一个预言。 - However, in many environments it is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
然而，在很多环境下，这是一种自我实现的预言。 - His prophecy has now come true.
他的预言果然应验了。 - The youth, too, fulfilled the prophecy.
那个年轻人，同样地，让预言说中了。 - He's the innocent prophet who is martyred for his prophecy.
他是个无辜的先知，因他的预言而殉教。 - And this is the prophecy that comes with the angel to Zachariah.
这是天使带给撒迦利亚的预言。 - It's a self-fulfilling prophecy because if we predict acceptance we get it, if not we don't.
这就是一个自我实现预言，因为当我们预期会被他人所接纳时，我们获得了接纳，而当我们预期不被接纳时，就不会被接纳。 - The prophecy has unfortunately come true.
不幸言中。