prognostication 详细解释

prognostication

[prɑ:g.nɑ:sti'keiʃn]

n. 预知, 预言, 预测, 前兆

词形变化

形容词: prognosticative | 名词: prognostication | 动词过去式: prognosticated | 动词过去分词: prognosticated | 动词现在分词: prognosticating | 动词第三人称单数: prognosticates |

词义辨析

同义参见:

forecast  prophecy  prediction  

英英释义

名词 prognostication:

a sign of something about to happen

同义词:omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prodigy

a statement made about the future

同义词:prediction, foretelling, forecasting

knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)

同义词:prophecy, vaticination

补充

prognosticationprognostication[prɔɡnɔstiˈkeiʃ(ə)n]n.1.预言

例句

1. The country is currently obsessed with gloomy prognostications about its future.该国现在正弥漫着对未来的悲观预测。 2. an unprecedented amount of soul-searching and prognostication.空前之多的内省和预言。 3. these gloomy prognostications proved to be unfounded.这些悲观的预测被证明是无稽之谈。 4. His prognostications [=predictions] are usually right.他的预言通常很准。 5. Political prognosticators believe she will lose the election.政治预言家认为她将在这次选举中失利。