a statement that says what you think will happen; the act of making such a statement 预言;预测;预告 The results of the experiment confirmed our predictions. 实验结果证实了我们的预测。 - prediction about/on something
I've learned not to make predictions about the weather. 我已经吸取教训,不再预测天气了。 It's difficult to make accurate predictions about the effects on the environment. 很难准确预测对环境产生的影响。 Experts preview the game and offer their prediction on the outcome. 专家们预演游戏,并对结果做出预测。 - prediction that…
Not many people agree with the government's prediction that the economy will improve. 没有多少人赞同政府认为经济将会有所改善的预测。 - prediction of something
Their prediction of fifty million visitors turned out to be optimistic. 他们对五千万游客的预测结果是乐观的。 - prediction for somebody/something
What are your predictions for the economy? 你对经济有什么预测? Skilled readers make use of context and prediction. 阅读能力强的人会利用上下文及推测来理解文意。
Collocations Scientific researchScientific research 科学研究 Theory 理论 - formulate/advance a theory/hypothesis
创立理论;提出假设 - build/construct/create/develop a simple/theoretical/mathematical model
创立一个简单/理论/数学模型 - develop/establish/provide/use a theoretical/conceptual framework
创立/建立/提供/使用理论/概念框架 - advance/argue/develop the thesis that…
提出/论证/详尽阐述…的论题 - explore an idea/a concept/a hypothesis
探讨一个想法/概念/假设 - make a prediction/an inference
预测;推断 - base a prediction/your calculations on something
基于…做出预测/估算 - investigate/evaluate/accept/challenge/reject a theory/hypothesis/model
研究/评估/接受/质疑/拒绝接受一个理论/假设/模型
Experiment 实验 - design an experiment/a questionnaire/a study/a test
设计一项实验/问卷/研究/测试 - do research/an experiment/an analysis
做研究/实验/分析 - make observations/measurements/calculations
观察;测量;计算 - carry out/conduct/perform an experiment/a test/a longitudinal study/observations/clinical trials
进行实验/测试/纵向研究/观察/临床试验 - run an experiment/a simulation/clinical trials
进行实验/模拟/临床试验 - repeat an experiment/a test/an analysis
重做实验/测试/分析 - replicate a study/the results/the findings
做相同的研究;得出同样的结果/调查结果 - observe/study/examine/investigate/assess a pattern/a process/a behaviour
- fund/support the research/project/study
资助/支持研究/项目/专题研究 - seek/provide/get/secure funding for research
寻求/提供/得到/争取到研究资金
Results 结果 - collect/gather/extract data/information
收集/提取数据/信息 - yield data/evidence/similar findings/the same results
得到数据/证据/类似调查结果/相同结果 - analyse/examine the data/soil samples/a specimen
分析/考查数据/土壤样本/样本 - consider/compare/interpret the results/findings
思考/比较/解释结果/调查结果 - fit the data/model
与数据/模型相符合 - confirm/support/verify a prediction/a hypothesis/the results/the findings
证实/支持/核实预测/假设/结果/调查结果 - prove a conjecture/hypothesis/theorem
证明猜测/假设/定理 - draw/make/reach the same conclusions
得出同样的结论 - read/review the records/literature
阅读/评论记录/文献 - describe/report an experiment/a study
描述/报告一项实验/研究 - present/publish/summarize the results/findings
提交/公布/总结结果/调查结果 - present/publish/read/review/cite a paper in a scientific journal
向科学杂志提交一篇论文;在科学杂志发表一篇论文;阅读/评论/引用科学杂志上的一篇论文
Language Bank expectexpectDiscussing predictions 谈论预测 By 2050, one in six people on the planet will be aged 65 or over. 到2050年,地球上每六个人中就有一个年龄在65岁或以上。
The number of people globally aged 65 and over is expected/likely to more than double by 2050. 到2050年,全球65岁及以上的人口预计/可能翻一番以上。
Experts have predicted/forecast that the over-65s will make up 17 per cent of the global population by 2050. 专家预测,到2050年,65岁以上的人口将占全球人口的17%。
World population is set to reach 9.8 billion by 2050. 到2050年,世界人口将达到98亿。
Net migration into Britain over the last decade was higher than expected. 过去十年英国的净移民人数高于预期。
Overall population growth in Britain has been in line with predictions. 英国的总体人口增长与预测一致。
Extra ExamplesTopics Doubt, guessing and certaintyb1It turned out my prediction was right. 结果证明我的预测是正确的。 Let me get your predictions on the final score. 告诉我你对最后比分的预测吧。 Despite earlier dire predictions, shares remained steady. 尽管早先有一些不祥的预言,股价依旧稳定。 In this study, we made no specific predictions about likely outcomes. 在这项研究中,我们没有对可能的结果作具体的预测。 Six hundred workers there lost their jobs today, amid gloomy predictions that there could be worse to come. 今天那里有 600 名工人丢了工作,同时还有各种悲观的传言说更糟的还在后面。 The sales results exceeded even the most optimistic predictions. 销售业绩甚至超过了最乐观的预测。 Their success defies the predictions made by most experts. 他们的成功使大多数专家的预测落空。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- accurate
- correct
- good
- …
- make
- give
- offer
- …
- prove something
- turn out to be something
- be borne out
- …
- amid predictions
- contrary to a/the prediction
- despite a/the prediction
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Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin praedictio(n-), from praedicere ‘make known beforehand’, from prae ‘beforehand’ + dicare ‘make known’.