prognosticate

vt. 预兆, 预言, 预测 [医] 预测(疾病的结局)

发音

US /pɹɒɡˈnɒstɪkeɪt/

词形变化

prognosticated prognosticates 三单 prognosticates prognosticating prognosticating 现在分词 prognosticated 过去式 prognosticated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill.

    预测

    预言

    预兆

    预知

    及物

    Examining the tea-leaves, she prognosticated dark days ahead.

    All old people and many sick people were drawn, were it only for a foot or two, into the open air, and prognosticated pleasant things about the course of the world.

  2. 2.

    To presage, betoken.

    及物

    The bluebells may prognosticate an early spring this year.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

call promise predict omen forecast anticipate bode augur foretell auspicate

上位词 9

guess point pretend signal indicate venture hazard bespeak betoken

下位词 10

read bet threaten wager calculate forecast augur second-guess prophesy foreshow

词源

From Medieval Latin prognosticare; see prognostic for more.

来源：wiktionary