| 单词 | prophecy |
| 释义 | Related topics: Occultproph·e·cy /ˈprɒfəsi $ ˈprɑː-/ noun (plural prophecies) 1 [countable]ROPREDICT a statement that something will happen in the future, especially one made by someone with religious or magic powers 预言 → prophetprophecy (that) The prophecy that David would become king was fulfilled. 大卫将成为国王的预言应验了。prophecy of the prophecy of Isaiah 以赛亚的预言2 [uncountable]ROPREDICT the power or act of making statements about what will happen in the future 预言（能力） She had the gift of prophecy. 她有预言的天赋。 → self-fulfilling prophecy at self-fulfillingExamples from the Corpusprophecy• Lij Yasu was never crowned, possibly because he believed a prophecy that if he became king he would die.• the biblical prophecy of a world war• Teiresias, the prophet who had brought so many distressful prophecies to the royal family, came to bring still another.• His prophecy was now coming true, perhaps even sooner than he would have dreamed.• She had the gift of prophecy, performed many miracles and is known to have mysteriously supplied food for the convent.• Usually these reports concentrate on prophecies of a forthcoming Armageddon but many also describe a dire contemporary situation.• When not experiencing visions, ecstasies, or prophecies, he authored Moral Theology and Glories of Ma ry.• Amazingly, the manager's prophecy that the team would get into the first division seems to be coming true.• The old woman's prophecies of disaster were soon fulfilled.• Again and again, such prophecies dictate and determine his decisions, his attitudes, his course of action.• Finally, there are the prophecies of Alexander's imminent death which were circulating weeks before his death.• For without the women and their connection to the Earth, who would bring forth the prophecies?prophecy ... fulfilled• It can also happen that one player can fuel the confidence of a teammate, thereby causing a prophecy to be fulfilled.• His prophecy was fulfilled, for the town was delivered at the time of the Paschal feast.• The words of prophecies could be fulfilled after all in many different ways.• Yet last year's prophecy has been fulfilled: an international consumer class is distorting the fabric of an already damaged country.proph·e·cy nounChineseSyllable Corpus that something a will in happen statement |
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