| 词汇 | example_english_prophecy |
| 释义 | Examples of prophecyThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. If philosophy or astrology were revealed to the ancients, then the sayings of philosophers or astrologers and the prophecies of inspired seers are equivalent. In the 1960s, some very vivid prophecies about the relationship of telecommunications and the city were made. However, there is reason to warn against too hasty a conclusion in this regard and against those very pessimistic prophecies. To this extent, the variables used in surveys represent self-fulfilling prophecies. When they are not reckless, our gambles about practices amount to self-fulfilling prophecies: they change our relation to nature or to other people so as to make themselves more real. I use the word adds here because the real difficulties, the important contextual conditions, the soil in which such prophecies flourish, have to do with power and dominance. In spite of numerous prophecies of the imminent death of many languages, linguists always find a handful of old people who still speak them and can be competent consultants. The series of high medieval prophecies under discussion was transmitted, with a large degree of variation, as much by manuscript illustrations as by any common text. The dynamics of the probabilities of pessimism around business- and growth-cycle turning points may shed light on the role of self-fulfilling prophecies in subsequent economic fluctuations. A wider "religion of nature" facilitated much wider powers, such as enabling magicians to make reliable prophecies on the basis of their ability to decipher images. The problem is that images can function as self-fulfilling prophecies and beautiful images produced by very skilled architects are in themselves a sign and a tool of power. Rather, the bulk of the poem presents the reflections of a skeptical female voice, who doubts her friend's prophecies, and who extends that doubt to all supernatural religious prophecies. Again the gloomy prophecies were made, and again they were disproved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Most of his gloom has been justified, and almost all his prophecies have come true. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, some may be moving towards self-fulfilling prophecies. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Not a single one of those prophecies has been fulfilled; not a single one of those statements was true. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All these prophecies have been completely belied by events. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am afraid he cannot congratulate himself upon having justified his prophecies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The doleful prophecies of that time were the main arguments adduced to scare those who were inclined to vote for this change. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Prophecies on the nature and the course of previous wars have invariably proved wrong and now to-day there are more unknown factors than ever. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not going to make prophecies about the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of all fields this, perhaps, is the one in which it would be most rash to make prophecies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, it is proper to be extremely cautious in our prophecies in this area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Has the increase in crimes of violence since 1938 been contrary to the prophecies of the judges? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that it will be sensible to start making prophecies of the figures in the next six months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We think that there are signs again of something like a steady improvement, though it would be unwise to make any rash prophecies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not making any prophecies about what the cuts in investment will bring in this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They must not be taken as absolutely precise prophecies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am making no prophecies regarding the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not intend to make any prophecies about the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Take the rather dramatic example of the prophecies about the referendum. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We see what even finite prophecies come to when we subject them to comparison with facts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that the year in which those prophecies were made was a bad year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first two of these prophecies have come true. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There were prophecies in the 1950s and 1960s that it would soon have parity with coal, but they have all proved wrong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The prophecies that had been made came to pass. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are fulfilling their former prophecies with all the ardour of martyrdom. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are prophecies that certain things will take place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The prophecies contained within the document have borne fruit and all the horrible things that it said would happen are happening. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have to learn from the prophecies made in the 1967 debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The prophecies of the experts have been confounded. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We will then be able to see the result, who was right and who was wrong in their prophecies about how this experiment might work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heard from the same source other prophecies which have not been fulfilled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Any labelling that has connotations of failure produces self-fulfilling prophecies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heard terrible prophecies about unemployment and about the price of eggs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There were a number of very wild prophecies made at that time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not, of course, our prophecies there is machinery for carrying out these investigations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Every extension of the franchise in the past has been received with dismay and prophecies that it meant the end of the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want now to look at some of these figures, estimates and prophecies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Today, those prophecies are seen to have been right. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heard a lot of prognostications and prophecies about the industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, they must know, because of all the representations that they have received, that their prophecies will not be fulfilled anywhere in the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heard these gloomy prophecies made before. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think prophecies about what is going to happen in the future must not be taken too literally. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have had the experience of seeing, time and again, the prophecies of ill that always accompany any efforts to improve matters prove wrong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall not be rushed into making prophecies of what will happen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, we shall not be surprised if our prophecies come true. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Everyone can form his own opinion, and all prophecies of what is coming must be matter of opinion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From that day every one of my prophecies has come true. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On demand prophecies for the next decade it will reduce, not increase, production. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely, we must learn from experience, and experience suggests that it is rash to make prophecies about time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His prophecies about what people would feel are entirely accurate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I could embark upon a whole host of woeful economic prophecies for the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All our prophecies have been fulfilled, and worse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have at various times over the past few months heard prophecies of doom and gloom from one quarter or another. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is an excellent document which, although produced in 1981, contains prophecies about fuel poverty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How, then, are we to manage to balance the fuel and power budget if these prophecies do in fact come to pass? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Because the various prophecies have all been very wrong by events that have occurred since. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, the more alarmist prophecies about its operation could well gain ground and spread unnecessary anxieties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that we should avoid these traps and be careful not to offer self-fulfilling prophecies of doom. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am most grateful to my noble friend for raising those doubts about the future prophecies of scientists in one field or another. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Before they were elected in 1929 they made great promises and prophecies, and they make them even to-day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps my gloomy prognostications and prophecies might not come true. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At any rate, they must be happy that their prophecies have proved wrong in that respect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Just the same prophecies that were made then are made now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You cannot have conditions or prophecies about matters of this kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Both those prophecies have been borne out by the facts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot be sure, but all the prophecies indicate that the flow of oil will eventually begin to decline. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To have low expectations about what children can achieve is of course bad because it produces self-fulfilling prophecies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was swept away largely through the anger and resentment which had been aroused by continual prophecies of that kind which had not been fulfilled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The deteriorating economic conditions have falsified all their prophecies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Extravagant prophecies on their part have always been falsified. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have had a vast number of prophecies, prognostications and suggestions as to how this system is going to work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the prophecies concerned the effect that a tariff policy would have upon our export trade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their wartime experience and its recapitulation and commemoration were more searing than any of the verbal prophecies - however prescient - which had been cast beforehand. The regime was jumpy about the circulation of rumours and political prophecies. At a time when fanciful prophecies about changing human nature abounded, those were understood to be obvious matters for analysis. In addition, human systems may well respond or adapt to the predictions of a model, which become, in effect, self-fulfilling prophecies. By accepting the judgements of others in this way, we are socialised into accepting the prophecies which others make about us. The stock market is the home not just of paper assets but of self-fulfilling prophecies and crowd panics. Also, it could have contained a large number of clear and precise prophecies that become amazingly fulfilled, with that information widely disseminated. Popular perspectives on these various developments were expressed in prophecies and rumors in many locales. Indeed, a large part of his public life and known history would seem to be little more than an embodiment and re-enactment of the prophecies. In certain organisational grouping there is the increased risk of self-fulfilling prophecies and expectation syndrome. The passages devoted to the political use of the supernatural (prophecies, omens) are fascinating. He means that we do not just accept labels or live out the prophecies which others make. Again and again, such prophecies dictate and determine his decisions, his attitudes, his course of action. Our responsibility is to filter information so that we do not over-influence the situation and create self-fulfilling prophecies of our own devising. As in other fields, some religious historians are making bold prophecies. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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