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
- The teacher's prophecy that the boy would become a great national leader was later fulfilled.
 老师曾预言这男孩将会成为一位伟大的国家领袖,这预言后来实现了。
- Therefore, your core beliefs may become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
 于是,你的核心价值观可能就成为了一种自我应验的预言。
- That they killed him to fulfill this prophecy.
 他们杀了他来实现预言。
- I understand this prophecy is special access.
 我知道这个预言是一个特殊的途径。
- Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
 第一要紧的,该知道经上所有的预言,没有可随私意解说的。
- 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。
- 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。
- In fact, this dreamland is a prophecy rather than a dream.
 实际上,与其说这一梦境是一个梦,不如说它是一个预言。
- I understand that he has a prophecy to fulfill.
 我知道他要去实现一个预言。
- Others discover that believing they will fail becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
 另些人们由于相信自己会失败所以产生了一个自我实现的预言。
