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。
• Admittedly, this is Wei "divination, astrology," the rise of a very close contact.
  诚然，这与魏晋玄学之兴起有极密的联系。
• They prayed to Buddhist and Shinto gods ( every vesselcarried a shrine), and they prepared divination papers to find out where theywere.
  他们向佛教和神道教的神明祈祷（每艘船上都有神龛），通过写有预言的纸来了解现在的位置。
• You are to come to wife divination, right?
  你是来给老婆卜卦，对吗？
• For rebellion is no less a sin than divination, and stubbornness is like iniquity and idolatry.
  顽梗的罪与拜虚神和偶像的罪相同。
• This text was used to record the results of divination, which is recorded the event symbols.
  文字当时是用来记录占卜结果的，也记录事件的符号。
• At that time, only a few officials or divination people.
  当时，只有少数官吏或卜人使用。
• 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。
• Rinpoche told me several times that the MO ( divination) was not good.
  仁波切数度告诉我占卜的结果并不好。
• The divination ideology of long standing had a great influence on Chinese tradition and culture.
  谶纬思想源远流长，对中国传统文化有极为深刻的影响。