prophecy

英 [ˈprɒf.ə.si]      美 [ˈprɑː.fə.si]
  • n. 预言;预言书;预言能力
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prophecy 预言

名词,来自prophet,预言家,-cy,抽象名词后缀。

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.
1. Fear of failure can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
害怕失败可能会真的导致失败。
2. The youth, too, fulfilled the prophecy.
那个年轻人,同样地,让预言说中了。
3. If you expect to fail, you will fail. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy .
你如果预期失败,就会失败。这是一种自我应验的预测。
4. Apollo was the Greek god of the arts, prophecy, medicine and light.
阿波罗是希腊神话中主管艺术 、 预言 、 医药和光明之神.
5. 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.

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