prophecy
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英 ['pr?f?s?]
美['prɑf?si]
- n. 預言；預言書；預言能力
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詞態變化
復數:?prophecies;
中文詞源
prophecy 預言
名詞，來自prophet,預言家，-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.
雙語例句
- 1. Fear of failure can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
- 害怕失敗可能會真的導致失敗。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The youth, too, fulfilled the prophecy.
- 那個年輕人，同樣地，讓預言說中了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. If you expect to fail, you will fail. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy .
- 你如果預期失敗，就會失敗。這是一種自我應驗的預測。
來自《權威詞典》
- 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 、 預言 、 醫藥和光明之神.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. A prophet made a prophecy that the kingdom would fall.
- 一位預言家預言那個王國將要滅亡.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》