[VERB 动词]预言；预测；预告 If you predict an event, you say that it will happen.
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The latest opinion polls are predicting a very close contest...
最近的民意测验预测竞争将会非常激烈。
He predicted that my hair would grow back 'in no time'...
他预言我的头发“一眨眼”就会长回来。
It's hard to predict how a jury will react...
很难预测陪审团将会作出何种反应。
'The war will continue another two or three years,' he predicted.
“这场战争还会再持续两三年的时间，”他预测道。
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pre·dict★AWL/prɪˈdɪkt; NAmEprɪˈdɪkt/verbto say that sth will happen in the future 预言；预告；预报SYN
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predictsth ◆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。predictwhat, 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。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。sb/sth is predicted to do sth◆The trial is predicted to last for months.预料审讯将持续数月之久。☞language bank at
to say that something will happen, before it happens → prediction: Sales were five percent lower than predicted.predict (that) Newspapers predicted that Davis would be re-elected.predict whether/what/how etc It is difficult to predict what the long-term effects of the accident will be.As Liz had predicted, the rumours were soon forgotten.be predicted to do something Unemployment is predicted to increase to 700,000 by the end of the year.GRAMMAR: Patterns with predict• You predict that something will happen: · Experts predict that the economic situation will improve.• You predicted that something would happen: · Experts predicted that the economic situation would improve.• You predict that something might or could happen: · No one could have predicted that she might do something like that.• You say that something is predicted to happen: · The population is predicted to increase.• You say it is predicted that something will happen:· It is predicted that the population will increase.• You say that someone is predicting something. Predict is often used in the progressive: · They are predicting another hot summer.THESAURUSpredict to say that something will happen, before it happens: · In the future, it may be possible to predict earthquakes.· Scientists are trying to predict what the Amazon will look like in 20 years' time.forecast to say what is likely to happen in the future, especially in relation to the weather or the economic or political situation: · They’re forecasting a hard winter.· Economists forecast that there would be a recession.project to say what the amount, size, cost etc of something is likely to be in the future, using the information you have now: · The world’s population is projected to rise by 45%.can say especially spoken be able to know what will happen in the future: · No one can say what the next fifty years will bring.· I can’t say exactly how much it will cost.foretell to say correctly what will happen in the future, using special religious or magical powers: · The woman claimed that she had the gift of foretelling the future.· It all happened as the prophet had foretold.prophesy to say that something will happen because you feel that it will, or by using special religious or magical powers: · He’s one of those people who are always prophesying disaster.· The coming of a great Messiah is prophesied in the Bible.· He prophesied that the world would end in 2012.· Marx prophesied that capitalism would destroy itself.foresee to know that something is going to happen before it happens: · They should have foreseen these problems.· No one foresaw the outcome of the war.have a premonition to have a strange feeling that something is about to happen, especially something bad, usually just before it happens: · Suddenly I had a strange premonition of danger ahead.
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