| 英语单词 | divination |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ˌdɪvɪ'neɪʃn] 美 [ˌdɪvɪ'neɪʃn] |
| 中文释义 | n.占卜；卜卦；预测 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Divination is magic which attempts to forsee future events. (2) He cheats people in the name of practicing divination. (3) A Crystal Balls is an oracle of divination. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 占卜是一种预见未来的魔法。 (2) 他以打卦的名义行骗。 (3) 水晶球是预言式的神谕. |
| vocabulary简明 | The idea that you can see the future by supernatural means is called divination. When your friend tells your fortune by reading the tea leaves in your cup, she claims to have the power of divination. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The prediction or prophecy itself that's given through the act of fortune telling is also called divination. A psychic's divination that your aunt will soon start a family is much less impressive if your aunt is obviously pregnant. You can also use divination to refer to someone's unusual intuition, like a child who seems to know by divination when someone is feeling sad or upset. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]占卜（术）；预测；预言 Divination is the art or practice of discovering what will happen in the future using supernatural means. [FORMAL 正式] |
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