prescience

n. 预知, 先见

发音

UK /ˈpɹɛsɪ.əns/
US /ˈpɹɛʃəns/
US /ˈpɹɛsi.əns/
US /ˈpɹɛʃiəns/
US /ˈpɹi-/
其它 /ˈpɹi-/

词形变化

presciences 复数 presciences

别名

præscience

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Knowledge of events before they take place.

    Such knowledge that is supernatural or paranormal in nature, including the prediction of things that nobody could have known by the ordinary senses.

    先见之明

    不可数
  2. 2.

    Knowledge of events before they take place.

    Such knowledge that comes from wise and thorough forethought (for example, careful planning).

    不可数

    Near-synonym: forethought

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

prevision

上位词 1

capacity

词源

Inherited from Middle English prescience, from Old French prescience, from Latin praescientia.

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