prophecies是什么意思？

prophecies

• n. 预言，预言能力( prophecy的名词复数 )；

例句

• They are the basis of unconditional prophecies, as opposed to conditional scientific predictions. 它们是无条件预言的根据, 而不是有条件的科学预测.
• Most prophecies soon smell of their own time; this one has come true. 过去的预言作品大多跟着时代成为过去, 只有这一部可真的应验了.
• 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.
• Jocasta urges Oedipus not to worry about prophecies, for there is no truth in them. 卓卡斯塔力劝伊底帕斯不要担心预言, 因为那并不真实.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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