/prɒg,nɒstɪ'keɪʃn; prɑˇ,nɑstɪ`keʃən/ n (fml 文) (a) [U] prognosticating 预言; 预报. (b) [C] thing that is prognosticated 预言或预报的事物; 预兆 *His gloomy prognostications proved to be false. 他那悲观的预测已证明是错误的.
prognostication
朗文当代英英词典(第4版)
n [U and C] formal a statement about what you think will happen in the future = forecast gloomy prognostications >prognosticate [prɔg'nɔstɪkeɪt (US) prɑːg'nɑːs-/