predict
verbto say that something will happen in the future 预言；预告；预报 - predict something
a reliable method of predicting earthquakes 预报地震的可靠方法 Nobody could predict the outcome. 谁也无法预料结果如何。 to predict the future 预测未来 He predicts a bright future for the business in the next financial year. 他预测在下一个财政年度，公司会有一个光明的未来。 The party is predicting a majority of 20 seats. 该党预计将获得20个席位的多数。 - predict what, whether, etc…
It is impossible to predict what will happen. 预知未来的事是不可能的。 - predict (that)…
She predicted (that) the election result would be close. 她预言选举结果将很接近。 He predicted (that) it would be a smash hit. 他预言这将会大获成功。 - it is predicted that…
It was predicted that inflation would continue to fall. 据预报，通货膨胀率将继续下降。 - somebody/something is predicted to do something
The trial is predicted to last for months. 预料审讯将持续数月之久。 This figure is predicted to rise to one billion by the year 2015. 这一数字预计到2015年将上升到10亿。
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 certaintya2Every step in the movie is easily predicted. 这部电影的每一步都不难预测。 Few would have dared to predict such a landslide victory. 几乎没有人敢预言会有这样压倒性的胜利。 You cannot predict the weather with absolute accuracy. 你不可能绝对准确地预测天气。 Newton's theories allow us to predict the flight of a ball. 牛顿的理论让我们可以预测球体的飞行路线。 It is still too early to predict the degree to which prices will rise. 预测价格上涨的幅度还为时尚早。 It is not possible to predict with any certainty what effect this will have. 不可能确切地预测到这会带来怎样的后果。 We can predict with absolute confidence how the newspapers will react. 我们可以绝对有把握地预测报纸会如何反应。 I think I can safely predict that they will fight the verdict. 我想我可以有把握地预测他们将对这一判决提出抗诉。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- correctly
- reliably
- successfully
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- be able to
- be unable to
- can
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- be widely predicted
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin praedict- ‘made known beforehand, declared’, from the verb praedicere, from prae- ‘beforehand’ + dicere ‘say’.- predict something