prophecy
prophecy 英 [ˈprɒfəsi] 美 [ˈprɑfəsi]
n. 预言；预言书；预言能力
名词复数:prophecies
- If a fortune teller made a prophecy that you were going to become a billionaire in your lifetime, you'd be pretty excited. A prophecy is a prediction, or a magical look into the future.
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- n. 预言；预言书；预言能力
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1. Whether the age ratio is a prophecy or fallacy, the importance of pension activity to markets is clear.
无论年龄比例是预言还是谬论,退休金活动对于市场的重要性显而易见.
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2. I’ll start exercising when I have more energy… This one really does embody the term self fulfilling prophecy or vicious cycle.
我会开始锻炼，当我有更多的精力…… 这种幻想确实体现了一个长期自我实现的预言或恶性循环。
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3. Before concluding this prophecy, Jesus gives us instruction to be ready, because it is going to happen when we are not expecting it.
在预言书结束前，耶稣给了我们如何做准备的指示，因为灾难会在我们意想不到的时候发生。
- 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.
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