prophesy
v.预言,预报
难易程度:
prophesy为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:prophesier 动词过去式:prophesied 过去分词:prophesied 现在分词:prophesying 第三人称单数:prophesies
词根
phon＝sound（声音）;phe＝to speak（说话）
近义词, 同义词
predict prognosticate prophesy vaticinate divine foretell soothsay forewarn presage augur bode forebode foretoken betoken prefigure portend foreshadow herald
相关词
prophesy
/'prɒfəsaɪ; `prɑfə,saɪ/
v (pt, pp -sied)
1 [I, Ip] ~ (of sth) foretell future events; speak as a prophet; make prophecies 预告未来; 作预言.
2 [Tn, Tf, Tw] say (what will happen in the future); foretell 预告（某事）; 预言
*He prophesied the strange events that were to come. 他预言要有怪事发生.
* They prophesied correctly that the Conservatives would win the election. 他们预言保守党人在选举中获胜, 果然不出所料.
* He refused to prophesy when the economy would begin to improve. 他不愿推测经济何时好转.
v (pt, pp -sied)
1 [I, Ip] ~ (of sth) foretell future events; speak as a prophet; make prophecies 预告未来; 作预言.
2 [Tn, Tf, Tw] say (what will happen in the future); foretell 预告（某事）; 预言
*He prophesied the strange events that were to come. 他预言要有怪事发生.
* They prophesied correctly that the Conservatives would win the election. 他们预言保守党人在选举中获胜, 果然不出所料.
* He refused to prophesy when the economy would begin to improve. 他不愿推测经济何时好转.
prophesy
v past tense and past participleprophesiedpresent participleprophesyingthird person singularprophesies [I and T]
to say what will happen in the future, especially using religious or magical knowledge
= foretellprophesy that
He prophesied that a flood would cover the earth.
There was a great war between the countries, just as the elders had prophesied.
to say what will happen in the future, especially using religious or magical knowledge
= foretellprophesy that
He prophesied that a flood would cover the earth.
There was a great war between the countries, just as the elders had prophesied.
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