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[N-COUNT 可数名词]先知 A prophet is a person who is believed to be chosen by God to say the things that God wants to tell people.
  • ...the sacred name of the Holy Prophet of Islam.

    伊斯兰先知的圣名

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]预言者;预言家 A prophet is someone who predicts that something will happen in the future.
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  [LITERARY 文]
  • I promised myself I'd defy all the prophets of doom and battle back to fitness.

    我发誓要打破所有的死亡预言,力争恢复健康。


Oxford prophet / ˈprɒfɪt ; NAmE ˈprɑːfɪt / noun 1 [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 2 the Prophet [singular ] Muhammad, who founded the religion of Islam 穆罕默德(伊斯兰教的创始人) 3 [countable ] a person who claims to know what will happen in the future 预言家;预言者 4 [countable ] prophet(of sth) a person who teaches or supports a new idea, theory, etc. 倡导者;拥护者;鼓吹者 William Morris was one of the early prophets of socialism. 威廉 · 莫里斯是社会主义的早期传播者之一。 5 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 IDIOMsee
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prophet / ˈprɒfɪt ; NAmE ˈprɑːfɪt /
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prophetproph‧et /ˈprɒfɪt $ ˈprɑː-/ ●○○ noun [countable]
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1a man who people in the Christian, Jewish, or Muslim religion believe has been sent by God to lead them and teach them their religion:  the prophet Elijah2the Prophet Muhammad, who began the Muslim religion:  followers of the Prophet3the Prophets the Jewish holy men whose writings form part of the Old Testament (=first part of the Bible), or the writings themselves4someone who claims that they know what will happen in the futureprophet of doom/disaster (=someone who says that bad things will happen)false prophet (=someone whose claims about the future are not true)5someone who introduces and spreads a new ideaprophet of Gandhi was the prophet of non-violent protest.
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prophets[1783]
先知(95%),预言者(5%)
n.先知;预言者;提倡者

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