divination

英 [ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃn]

美 [ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃn]

n.  占卜; 预测; 预言

复数：divinations　

BNC.34177 / COCA.18486

牛津词典

noun

• 占卜；预测；预言
  the act of finding out and saying what will happen in the future

柯林斯词典

• 占卜（术）;预测;预言
  Divinationis the art or practice of discovering what will happen in the future using supernatural means.

英英释义

noun

• the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
  Synonym:foretellingsoothsayingfortune telling
• a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
  Synonym:prophecy
• successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

双语例句

• Healing, divination, developing psychic abilities, divine inspiration, healing power.
  健康，占卜，心灵或精神能力的发展，极好的（直觉的）灵感，治疗的力量。
• Don't you know that a man like me can find things out by divination?
  你们岂不知象我这样的人必能占卜吗？
• In divination, the judgement of two men out of the three engaged in it should be followed.
  任用这些人从事卜筮时，三个人的占卜，应当信从其中两个人的判断。
• They're part of an ancient Greek divination ritual.
  他们是古希腊占卜仪式的一部分。
• But geomancy means divination according to geographic features, so the translation is not entirely correct.
  但是土占意指根据地理特征来占卜，所以这个翻译并非完全正确。
• You should have known that such a man as I could discover by divination what happened.
  难道你们不知道像我这样的人会占卜吗？
• Divination is a lie! It's killing us! Kane is using you!
  神化是个谎言！它在害死我们！凯恩在利用你们！
• These characters were mostly prayers by Shang rulers at divination and sacrificial rites, as well as simple records.
  这些文字，大都是商代统治者占卜祭祀时的祝辞和简单记事。
• The Xuan Tong Da Shu is one of the most important works of divination in Bimo Culture.
  《玄通大书》是毕摩文化中最重要的占卜经典。
• Katherine McCormack goes beyond horoscopes and provides a quick guide to other forms of divination.
  凯瑟琳？麦考马克超越了占星并给其它形式的预言提供了快速的指导。