prophecy
英 ['pr?f?s?]
美['prɑf?si]
- n. 預(yù)言；預(yù)言書；預(yù)言能力
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?prophecies;
中文詞源
prophecy 預(yù)言
名詞，來(lái)自prophet,預(yù)言家，-cy,抽象名詞后綴。
英文詞源
- prophecy (n.)
- c. 1200, prophecie, prophesie, "function of a prophet," from Old French profecie (12c. Modern French prophétie) and directly from Late Latin prophetia (source also of Spanish profecia, Italian profezia), from Greek propheteia "gift of interpreting the will of the gods," from prophetes (see prophet). Meaning "thing spoken or written by a prophet" is from c. 1300.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Fear of failure can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
- 害怕失敗可能會(huì)真的導(dǎo)致失敗。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The youth, too, fulfilled the prophecy.
- 那個(gè)年輕人，同樣地，讓預(yù)言說(shuō)中了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. If you expect to fail, you will fail. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy .
- 你如果預(yù)期失敗，就會(huì)失敗。這是一種自我應(yīng)驗(yàn)的預(yù)測(cè)。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. Apollo was the Greek god of the arts, prophecy, medicine and light.
- 阿波羅是希臘神話中主管藝術(shù) 、 預(yù)言 、 醫(yī)藥和光明之神.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. A prophet made a prophecy that the kingdom would fall.
- 一位預(yù)言家預(yù)言那個(gè)王國(guó)將要滅亡.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
