Predict
[prɪ'dɪkt]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) make a prediction about; tell in advance; 'Call the outcome of an election'.
乔校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet.
(n.) A prediction.
手打:罗莎琳德
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Foretell, prophesy, prognosticate, presage, augur, divine, forebode, VATICINATE.
編輯:马丁
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Prophesy, foretell, forecast, prognosticate, forebode, foreshadow,[SeeFORETELL]
校對:卢埃林
解釋/意思:
v.t. to declare or tell beforehand: to prophesy.—adj. Predic′table.—n. Predic′tion act of predicting: that which is predicted or foretold: prophecy.—adj. Predic′tive foretelling: prophetic.—n. Predic′tor.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Does the ambitious young philosopher predict that electricity will supersede steam? Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Whether he will or not, the seer is powerless to predict: on that subject there has been no open vision. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- If the air is near saturation and the temperature is falling, it is safe to predict bad weather, because the fall of temperature will probably cause rapid condensation, and hence rain. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- How is the Weather Man Able to Predict Tomorrow’s Weather? 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- What the future has in store for the further development of the electric light no one may dare predict. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Besides accounting for old experimental results it suggests new lines of work and even enables one to predict the outcome of further investigation. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- What new elements may be found no one may predict. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The doctor may have been wrong when he discovered the child's defects of intellect, and predicted that she would 'grow out of them. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- As I had predicted, Early was soon found in front of Sheridan in the valley, and Pennsylvania and Maryland were speedily freed from the invaders. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Agnes was very cheerful; and laughingly predicted that I should soon become too famous to be talked to, on such subjects. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Besides, there was gratitude towards her, for having made their _tete-a-tete_ so much less painful than her fears had predicted. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- About this time the very troops whose coming I had predicted, had arrived or were coming in. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Here he predicted most important advances. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- But he did not win the distinction predicted for him by many of his friends. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The barometer is not an infallible prophet, but it is of great assistance in predicting the general trend of the weather. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The astronomer predicts an eclipse, and on the minute the spheres swing into line, verifying, beyond all doubt, the correctness of the laws predicated for their movements. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
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