prophecies

英 [ˈprɒfɪsiz]

美 [ˈprɑfəsiz]

n.  预言; 预言能力
prophecy的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 预言
  Aprophecyis a statement in which someone says they strongly believe that a particular thing will happen.
  1. The youth, too, fulfilled the prophecy.
     那个年轻人，同样地，让预言说中了。
  2. ...Biblical prophecy.
     《圣经》中的预言

双语例句

• Beliefs very often become self-fulfilling prophecies.
  信念常常会成为自我实现的预言。
• The primary rights and duties with which jurisprudence busies itself again are nothing but prophecies.
  法学所殚思竭虑之基本权利与义务，即仅此预言者。
• One case where prophecies can be self-fulfilling is a bank run.
  在一种情况下预言可能会自我应验：银行挤兑。
• That's how it's been explained by many different accurate sources, in my opinion, including ancient prophecies that speak of the coming of a Golden Age.
  这就是为许多不同的精确来源所解释到的，依我看来，（这些来源）包括古代预言提到的一个黄金时代的到来。
• So that's why we have had so much turbulence especially in the winter months, such as doomsday prophecies, school attacks and concern about the economy, said Lo.
  所以这就是为什么我们有如此多的动荡尤其是在冬季的几个月里，如世界末日的预言，校园枪击案和对经济的忧虑，Lo说。
• Most of the private prophecies of the saints and servants of God were concerned with individuals, their death, recovery from illness, or vocations.
  大部分的私人预言圣徒和仆人上帝的人关注个人，他们的死，恢复从生病，或职业。
• You can't tell me you actually pay attention to those old prophecies.
  你不会开始注意那些古老的预言吧。
• Interesting Fact: Economic Recessions are self-fulfilling prophecies.
  有趣的事实：经济衰退是自我兑现的预言。
• In it are some of the best known passages and prophecies concerning Jesus Christ.
  我们在它里面，可以找到好些广为人知的经文，以及许多有关耶稣基督的预言。
• Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest.
  在我们文化中所有自我完满的预言中，假设老化意为退步和不健康可能是最致命的。