prophesy

英 [ˈprɒfəsaɪ]

美 [ˈprɑːfəsaɪ]

v.  预告; 预言

过去式：prophesied　过去分词：prophesied　现在分词：prophesying　第三人称单数：prophesies　

TEM8

BNC.15270 / COCA.18635

牛津词典

verb

• 预告；预言
  to say what will happen in the future (done in the past using religious or magic powers)
  1. to prophesy war
     预言有战争
  2. She prophesied that she would win a gold medal.
     她预言自己将赢得金牌。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 预言；预告
  If youprophesy thatsomething will happen, you say that you strongly believe that it will happen.
  1. He prophesied that within five years his opponent would either be dead or in prison...
     他预言5年内他的敌人要么会死去，要么会进监狱。
  2. She prophesied a bad ending for the expedition.
     她预言这次探险结局不会好。

英英释义

verb

• deliver a sermon
  1. The minister is not preaching this Sunday
  Synonym:preach
• predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
  Synonym:vaticinate

双语例句

• I prophesy that he'll be back in the old job.
  我预言他将重操旧业。
• Rev. 10:11 And they said to me, You must prophesy again over many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.
  启十11他们对我说，你必指著多民族、多邦国、多方言、多君王，再说预言。
• Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
  万军之耶和华如此说，这些先知向你们说预言，你们不要听他们的话。他们以虚空教训你们，所说的异象是出于自己的心，不是出于耶和华的口。
• Its success lies mostly in its amazing accurate prophesy.
  它的成功一大半是因为它惊人准确的预言。
• The Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
  主耶和华发命，谁能不说预言呢。
• And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
  耶和华选召我、使我不跟从羊群、对我说、你去向我民以色列说豫言。
• I've been proved wrong too many times& this time I'm not going to prophesy.
  我已经有多次被证明是错了&这次我不会预言什么了。
• But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
  你们却给拿细耳人酒喝，嘱咐先知说，不要说预言。
• The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
  就是先知说假预言，祭司藉他们把持权柄。我的百姓也喜爱这些事，到了结局你们怎样行呢。
• What will God add to those who adds anything to the prophesy of god?
  在神的预言上添加的人会有什么结局？