- [countable]
a statement that something will happen in the future, especially one made by somebody with religious or magic powers 预言 to fulfil a prophecy (= make it come true) 实现预言
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsc2The poem contains a bleak prophecy of war and ruin. 这首诗含有对战争与毁灭的悲观的预言。 low expectations that become a self-fulfilling prophecy 自我应验的低期望 Macbeth believed the witches' prophecy about his future. 麦克白相信了那些女巫关于他未来的预言。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- self-fulfilling
- Biblical
- Messianic
- …
- make
- fulfil/fulfill
- become
- …
- prophecy about
- prophecy of
- the gift of prophecy
- [uncountable] (formal)
the power of being able to say what will happen in the future 预言能力 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- self-fulfilling
- Biblical
- Messianic
- …
- make
- fulfil/fulfill
- become
- …
- prophecy about
- prophecy of
- the gift of prophecy
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French profecie, via late Latin from Greek prophēteia, from prophētēs ‘spokesman’, from pro ‘before’ + phētēs ‘speaker’ (from phēnai ‘speak’).