prophet

['prɔfit]

n.预言者, 先知

n.[C]

1. 【宗】先知, 传达神旨的人

2. 预言者, 预言家

They listened to the words of the prophet.

他们听着这个预言家的话。

3. (主义等的)宣扬者, 提倡者

4. (大写)(伊斯兰教创立人)穆罕默德[the S]

词形变化

名词: prophethood |

词义辨析

同义:

n.占卜者, 先知者

diviner  soothsayer  seer  clairvoyant  oracle  augur  fortuneteller  forecaster  predictor  palmist  astromancer  geomancer  prophetess  sibyl  prognosticator  astrologer  prophet of doom  Cassandra

n.猜谜者, 猜测者, 理论家, 空想家

conjecturer  guesser  theorist

n.代言人, 发言人

spokesman  proclaimer  adherent  

同义参见:

interpreter  charmer  

英英释义

名词 prophet:

an authoritative person who divines the future

同义词：prophesier, oracle, seer, vaticinator

someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God

补充

prophetprophet英:[ˈprɔfit] 美:[ˈprɑfɪt]n.1.预言家, 先知Daniel was one of the great prophets in the Bible.丹尼尔是《圣经》中一位伟大的先知。

例句

1. the sacred name of the Holy prophet of Islam伊斯兰先知的圣名 2. the prophet Elijah先知以利亚 3. I am not a prophet, nor am I given to inspired guesses.我不是预言家, 也不习惯凭神灵启示去猜想。 4. Paulin is revered as a sage and a prophet and his views frequently sought out.波林被尊崇为圣人和先知, 其观点也经常被人提及。 5. I promised myself I'd defy all the prophets of doom and battle back to fitness.我发誓要打败所有的悲观论者, 力争恢复健康。 6. Yet among Thatcherites he is revered as a prophet of the new enlightenment.而在撒切尔夫人的支持者中, 他被尊崇为新启蒙运动的倡导者。 7. But his credibility as a prophet of peace was shaken by his advocacy of a preventive war against the Soviet Union.然而他作为和平倡导者的公信力却因主张发动一场对苏联的预防性战争而受到动摇。 8. the Old Testament prophet, Jeremiah.《旧约》先知耶利米。 9. he was a prophet of revolutionary socialism.他是革命社会主义的倡导者。 10. the prime minister ignored the prophets of financial doom.首相不理睬预言会有金融危机的人。 11. the Old Testament prophets《圣经·旧约》中的先知 12. the words of the prophet先知的话 13. the prophet Isaiah/Muhammad先知以赛亚/穆罕默德 14. a stock market prophet [=a person who predicts what will happen in the stock market]股市预言家 15. the local weather prophet本地天气预报员 16. a prophet of doom [=someone who says that bad things will happen]悲观论者 17. a prophet of socialism社会主义的拥护者