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prediction n.预言；预报 (1) 近来的种种发现将会证实他的预言。(2) 这个预言确实实现了。(3) 我们都相信她的预言。(4) 没有可靠的资料，预报就没有基础。(5) 你听了当天的天气预报了吗?(6) 他的猜测是对的；要下雪的预报是准确的。 A prediction is a forecast, but not only about the weather. Pre means “before” and “diction” has to do with talking. So a prediction is a statement about the future. It’s a guess, sometimes based on facts or evidence, but not always. A fortune teller makes a prediction using a crystal ball. A meteorologist uses maps and scientific data to tell us about the possibility of rain, snow or sunshine. And when I made the prediction that you would understand what this word meant, it was based on instinct, a gut feeling telling me what would happen next.

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英 [prɪ'dɪkʃn] 美 [prɪ'dɪkʃn] (1) Recent discoveries will bear his prediction out.(2) The prediction was literally accomplished.(3) We all believed in her prediction.(4) Without reliable data, prediction has no foundation.(5) Have you listened to the weather prediction for the day?(6) His guess was on the nose; the prediction for snow was right on the button. I have a prediction: You’ll know what this word means by the time you finish reading this explanation. A prediction is what someone thinks will happen. 1[N-VAR 可变名词]预言；预告；预测 If you make a prediction about something, you say what you think will happen. He was unwilling to make a prediction about which books would sell in the coming year...他不愿意预测来年哪些书会有销路。Predictions that the recession will be short are small comfort to those already affected...关于经济衰退不会延续很长时间的预测对那些已经受到影响的人来说只是小小的安慰。Weather prediction has never been a perfect science.天气预报从来都不是完美的科学。

英语单词	prediction
英美音标	英 [prɪ'dɪkʃn] 美 [prɪ'dɪkʃn]
中文释义	n.预言；预报
英语例句	(1) Recent discoveries will bear his prediction out. (2) The prediction was literally accomplished. (3) We all believed in her prediction. (4) Without reliable data, prediction has no foundation. (5) Have you listened to the weather prediction for the day? (6) His guess was on the nose; the prediction for snow was right on the button.
中文例句	(1) 近来的种种发现将会证实他的预言。 (2) 这个预言确实实现了。 (3) 我们都相信她的预言。 (4) 没有可靠的资料，预报就没有基础。 (5) 你听了当天的天气预报了吗? (6) 他的猜测是对的；要下雪的预报是准确的。
vocabulary简明	I have a prediction: You’ll know what this word means by the time you finish reading this explanation. A prediction is what someone thinks will happen.
vocabulary扩展	A prediction is a forecast, but not only about the weather. Pre means “before” and “diction” has to do with talking. So a prediction is a statement about the future. It’s a guess, sometimes based on facts or evidence, but not always. A fortune teller makes a prediction using a crystal ball. A meteorologist uses maps and scientific data to tell us about the possibility of rain, snow or sunshine. And when I made the prediction that you would understand what this word meant, it was based on instinct, a gut feeling telling me what would happen next.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词]预言；预告；预测 If you make a prediction about something, you say what you think will happen. He was unwilling to make a prediction about which books would sell in the coming year... 他不愿意预测来年哪些书会有销路。 Predictions that the recession will be short are small comfort to those already affected... 关于经济衰退不会延续很长时间的预测对那些已经受到影响的人来说只是小小的安慰。 Weather prediction has never been a perfect science. 天气预报从来都不是完美的科学。

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