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

• In ancient times this kind of poetry and counseling was well known in the form of prophecies and visions from seers or shamans.
  在古代，这种诗文和箴言以先知或萨满的预言和显灵的形式而众所周知。
• Many years went by, but the evil prophecies about her marriage were not fulfilled.
  很多年过去了，早先人们对她婚姻的预言并没有应验。
• The prophecies of Daniel took hundreds of years to become reality;
  先知但以理的预言，用了数百年的时间才能应验；
• 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。
• Beliefs are self-fulfilling prophecies.
  信心是自我实现的预言。
• 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。
• But where there are prophecies, they will cease;
  但哪里有预言，她们就会在哪里止步；
• Yet his human journey exhibited many divine elements such as the immaculate conception, his fulfillment of many prophecies about the Messiah, and his performance of many miraculous signs.
  他的人的旅途显出了许多神的特色，例如完美无罪的成孕，他应验了许多关于弥赛亚的预言，和他所行的许多神迹。
• As to prophecies, intelligent writers gave them up long ago.
  至于预言书，明智的作家们早就将它们摒弃了。
• 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。