| 单词 | prophecy |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['prɔfisi] |
| 解释 | n.预言 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 预言 (a statement telling something that will happen in the future) 【考】 mentor : guidance / oracle : prophecy(良师指导/预言者预 言) 【例】 He seemed to have the gift of prophecy. |
| 字源 | prophecy (n.) c.1200, prophecie, prophesie, "function of a prophet," from Old French profecie (12c. Modern French prophétie) and directly from Late Latin prophetia (source also of Spanish profecia, Italian profezia), from Greek propheteia "gift of interpreting the will of the gods," from prophetes (see prophet). Meaning "thing spoken or written by a prophet" is from c.1300. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 预言 【记】pro前, phecy语言－前面的语言－预言 【参】prophylactic(adj 预防疾病的; n 避孕工具) 【类】mentor: guidance = oracle: prophecy良师指导 = 预言者预言 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】pro 提前 + 看成phrase 话，语→提前的话→预言 |
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