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divination

英 [ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃn]

美 [ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃn]

n.  占卜; 预测; 预言

复数:divinations 

BNC.34177 / COCA.18486

牛津词典

    noun

    • 占卜;预测;预言
      the act of finding out and saying what will happen in the future

      柯林斯词典

      • 占卜(术);预测;预言
        Divinationis the art or practice of discovering what will happen in the future using supernatural means.

        英英释义

        noun

        • the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
            Synonym:foretellingsoothsayingfortune telling
          1. a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
              Synonym:prophecy
            1. successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

              双语例句

              • To foretell through or as if through the art of divination.
                占卜,预言通过或似通过占卜术预言。
              • They prayed to Buddhist and Shinto gods ( every vesselcarried a shrine), and they prepared divination papers to find out where theywere.
                他们向佛教和神道教的神明祈祷(每艘船上都有神龛),通过写有预言的纸来了解现在的位置。
              • They're part of an ancient Greek divination ritual.
                他们是古希腊占卜仪式的一部分。
              • In divination, the judgement of two men out of the three engaged in it should be followed.
                任用这些人从事卜筮时,三个人的占卜,应当信从其中两个人的判断。
              • Admittedly, this is Wei "divination, astrology," the rise of a very close contact.
                诚然,这与魏晋玄学之兴起有极密的联系。
              • For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
                从此,在以色列家中必不再有虚假的异象和奉承的占卜。
              • These characters were mostly prayers by Shang rulers at divination and sacrificial rites, as well as simple records.
                这些文字,大都是商代统治者占卜祭祀时的祝辞和简单记事。
              • Don't you know that a man like me can find things out by divination?
                你们岂不知象我这样的人必能占卜吗?
              • But geomancy means divination according to geographic features, so the translation is not entirely correct.
                但是土占意指根据地理特征来占卜,所以这个翻译并非完全正确。
              • Divination based on facial features.
                占相术以面部特征为基础的占卜。