correctly stating or showing what will happen in the future 正确预言的；有预见的 Many of his warnings proved prophetic. 他的许多警告都证明是有先见之明的。 a book that was prophetic of future developments in science 预示未来科学发展的书
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- seem
- …
- almost
- eerily
- strangely
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- of
like or connected with a prophet or prophets 预言家的；像预言家的；似先知的 the prophetic books of the Old Testament 《〈圣经〉旧约》先知书
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from French prophétique or late Latin propheticus, from Greek prophētikos ‘predicting’ (see prophet).