prophesy

英 [ˈprɒfəsaɪ]

美 [ˈprɑːfəsaɪ]

v.  预告; 预言

过去式：prophesied　过去分词：prophesied　现在分词：prophesying　第三人称单数：prophesies　

TEM8

BNC.15270 / COCA.18635

牛津词典

verb

• 预告；预言
  to say what will happen in the future (done in the past using religious or magic powers)
  1. to prophesy war
     预言有战争
  2. She prophesied that she would win a gold medal.
     她预言自己将赢得金牌。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 预言；预告
  If youprophesy thatsomething will happen, you say that you strongly believe that it will happen.
  1. He prophesied that within five years his opponent would either be dead or in prison...
     他预言5年内他的敌人要么会死去，要么会进监狱。
  2. She prophesied a bad ending for the expedition.
     她预言这次探险结局不会好。

英英释义

verb

• deliver a sermon
  1. The minister is not preaching this Sunday
  Synonym:preach
• predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
  Synonym:vaticinate

双语例句

• To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD.
  这抹墙的就是以色列的先知，他们指着耶路撒冷说预言，为这城见了平安的异象，其实没有平安。这是主耶和华说的。
• The exploiter would carry away his prophesy of harvest.
  拓荒者将带走收获的预言。
• I wouldn't like to prophesy what will happen to that marriage!
  我不愿意预言那桩婚姻将来会怎样。
• For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.
  耶和华说，我并没有打发他们，他们却托我的名说假预言，好使我将你们和向你们说预言的那些先知赶出去，一同灭亡。
• It was prophesy, and you were born with it already published.
  它是预言，当你出生时它已经散布于世了。
• Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
  万军之耶和华如此说，这些先知向你们说预言，你们不要听他们的话。他们以虚空教训你们，所说的异象是出于自己的心，不是出于耶和华的口。
• Its success lies mostly in its amazing accurate prophesy.
  它的成功一大半是因为它惊人准确的预言。
• If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
  若有人心存虚假、用谎言说、我要向你们豫言得清酒和浓酒.那人就必作这民的先知。
• He dares to prophesy what will happen in the future.
  他敢预言未来将发生什么事。
• Monks and nuns who prophesy are not of that rareness.
  说预言的修士和修女，很少有这个祥子的。