Prediction
[prɪ'dɪkʃ(ə)n] or [prɪ'dɪkʃən]
解释:
(noun.) the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future).
(noun.) a statement made about the future.
杰夫编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy.
本校对
同义词及近义词：
n. Prophecy, prognostication, augury, foreboding, vaticination, divination, soothsaying, foretelling.
贝妮塔整理
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Prophecy, prognostication, vaticination, foreannouncement, premonstration,foretelling, forebodement, presage, augury, foreshowing
ANT:Narration, relation, history, account, report
录入:梅利特
例句:
- Oliver having 'caught it,' in fulfilment of Noah's prediction, followed that young gentleman down the stairs to breakfast. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- Almost all social prediction is catastrophic and absurdly simplified. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- That prediction may very easily be upset. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- This prediction was but half fulfilled: I did not indeed dream of sorrow, but as little did I dream of joy; for I never slept at all. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Mr. Toller's prediction was partly verified. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- But, no Hundreds of people came to see the sights, and Mr. Lorry looked in vain for the fulfilment of Miss Pross's prediction. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- However, he aroused great interest in astro nomy among the Greeks by the prediction of a solar eclipse. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Lydgate had often been satirical on this gratuitous prediction, and he meant now to be guarded. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Unconscious of this prediction, Mr. Dick continued to occupy precisely the same ground in reference to the Doctor and to Mrs. Strong. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- It was not very long before my friend's prediction was fulfilled. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- DICK FULFILS MY AUNT'S PREDICTIONS It was some time now, since I had left the Doctor. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- He accused the Greeks of superstition: what name did he give to the faith he lent to the predictions of Evadne? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- So many influences modify atmospheric conditions that unfailing predictions are impossible, but the Weather Bureau predictions prove true in about eight cases out of ten. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Well, we will see how your predictions are fulfilled. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Your predictions sometimes come to pass, but I don't believe that one will. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- These predictions of ruin have been completely falsified. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- Night after night, I record predictions that never come to pass, professions that are never fulfilled, explanations that are only meant to mystify. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- One day, when he was at the works, Edison sat down and wrote on a sheet of paper fifteen separate predictions of the growth and future of the electrical business. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- When morning came, Mrs. Maylie's predictions were but too well verified. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
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