/'prɒfɪt; `prɑfɪt/
n (fem 阴性作 prophetess / 5prCfItes, also 9prCfI5tes; `prBfItIs/)
1 [C] person who tells, or claims to be able to tell, what will happen in the future 预言者; 预言家
*(joc 谑) I'm afraid I'm no weather prophet. 我可不会预测天气.
2 (a) (also Prophet) [C] (in the Christian, Jewish and Muslim religions) person who teaches religion and is, or claims to be, inspired by God （基督教、犹太教及伊斯兰教的）先知（宣讲教义并称受到神灵启示者）
*the Prophets of the Old Testament 《旧约》中的先知.
(b) the Prophet [sing] the founder of the Muslim religion, Mohammed 穆罕默德（伊斯兰教创立人）.
(c) the Prophets [pl] the prophetical books of the Old Testament （《旧约》中的）先知书.
3 [C] ~ (of sth) spokesman or advocate of a new belief, cause, theory, etc （一种新的信仰、事业、理论等的）鼓吹者, 提倡者
*William Morris was one of the early prophets of socialism. 威廉·莫里斯是社会主义的早期鼓吹者之一.
4 (idm 习语) a ,prophet of `doom person who holds or expresses pessimistic views about sth, esp about the future of the world 对某事物（尤指对世界的未来）持悲观看法或散布悲观言论者
*If we had listened to the prophets of doom, we would never have started the project. 要是我们听信那些悲观者的论调, 那工程就永远不可能上马.

n[C]
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French;Origin: prophete, from Latin, from Greek prophetes, from phanai 'to speak']
a man who people in the Christian, Jewish, or Muslim religion believe has been sent by God to lead them and teach them their religion
　the prophet Elijah
the Prophet
Muhammad, who began the Muslim religion
　followers of the Prophet
the Prophets
the Jewish holy men whose writings form part of the Old Testament (=first part of the Bible) , or the writings themselves
someone who claims that they know what will happen in the future
prophet of doom/disaster
(=someone who says that bad things will happen)
false prophet
(=someone whose claims about the future are not true)
someone who introduces and spreads a new idea
prophet of
　Gandhi was the prophet of non-violent protest.