By reflecting on Americans' previous failures in predicting earthquakes.
出自-2010年6月听力原文
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
VERB
预言;预测;预告
If you predict an event, you say that it will happen.
例句
The latest opinion polls are predicting a very close contest...最近的民意测验预测竞争将会非常激烈。He predicted that my hair would grow back 'in no time'...他预言我的头发“一眨眼”就会长回来。