- [countable]
(in the Christian, Jewish and Muslim religions) a person sent by God to teach the people and give them messages from God （基督教、犹太教和伊斯兰教的）先知 Some believe that he was not a true prophet. 有人认为他不是真正的预言家。 The Bible also warns of false prophets. 圣经也警告假先知。
Homophones profit | prophetprofit prophet- profit noun
She's only interested in making a quick profit. 她只对快速获利感兴趣。
- profit verb
Patents allowed inventors to profit from ownership of their inventions. 专利允许发明者从其发明的所有权中获利。
- prophet noun
With his long white beard, he looks like an Old Testament prophet. 他留着长长的白胡子，看起来像旧约先知。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- false
- true
- great
- …
- a prophet of doom
- the Prophet[singular]
Muhammad, who founded the religion of Islam 先知穆罕默德（伊斯兰教的创始人） - [countable]
a person who claims to know what will happen in the future 预言家；预言者 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- false
- true
- great
- …
- a prophet of doom
- [countable] prophet (of something)
a person who teaches or supports a new idea, theory, etc. 倡导者；拥护者；鼓吹者 - the Prophets[plural]
the name used for some books of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Bible （《〈圣经〉旧约》和《希伯来圣经》中的）先知书
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French prophete, via Latin from Greek prophētēs ‘spokesman’, from pro ‘before’ + phētēs ‘speaker’ (from phēnai ‘speak’).