prophecy
prophecy 英 [ˈprɒfəsi] 美 [ˈprɑfəsi]
n. 预言；预言力
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；预言力
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1. to fulfil a prophecy
实现预言
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2. She was believed to have the gift of prophecy.
据信她有预言的天赋。
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3. A prophet made a prophecy that the kingdom would fall.
一位预言家预言那个王国将要灭亡。
- 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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