prophecy
大学
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n. 预言, 预言能力
发音
UK
/ˈpɹɒfɪsi/
US
/ˈpɹɑfɪsi/
词形变化
prophecies
复数
prophecies
prophecied
prophecies
三单
prophecying
prophecying
现在分词
prophecied
过去式
prophecied
过去分词
别名
prophecie
prophesy
教材释义与例句
名词
预言；预言书；预言能力
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration.
预言
可数 不可数French writer Nostradamus made a prophecy in his book.
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2.
The public interpretation of Scripture.
可数 不可数
v.
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1.
Alternative form of prophesy.
过时The manipulation of these tremendous beneficent energies helped the world so well that the vast majority of these prophecied catastrophies did not happen.
One prophecied a change of fortunes for the club: […]
词汇关系
相关短语
词源
From Middle English prophecie, from Old French prophetie, from Latin prophētīa, from Ancient Greek προφητεία (prophēteía, “prophecy”), from προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “speaker of a god”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “to tell”). Displaced native Old English wītgung. Doublet of prophesy.
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