| 词汇 | futurologist |
| 释义 | futurologist noun[ C ] uk /ˌfjuː.tʃəˈrɒl.ə.dʒɪst/ us /ˌfjuː.tʃɚˈɑː.lə.dʒɪst/ someone whose job is to attempt to predict future events (= to say what will happen), usually by studying social, technological, economic, and political change in the past and present: Futurologists have predicted a cashless society ever since the invention of "plastic money". Trend-spotters and futurologists have become an important part of the modern business world. 1950s futurologists promised a bright, clean, push-button future powered by atomic energy. Most futurologists of the time predicted that in the 21st century we would all be either wearing space suits or running around in a post-nuclear wasteland. At the turn of the century futurologists rightly predicted that by 2020 most of us would be using web-enabled mobile devices rather than a landline. The new millennium was a boom time for doom merchants, prophets and futurologists of all kinds. People who make predictions clairvoyant diviner doomsayer forecaster fortune teller futurist harbinger palmist prophet prophetess psychic seer sibyl soothsayer visionary futurologist | Business Englishfuturologist noun[ C ] uk /fjuːtʃərˈɒlədʒɪst/us → futurist Examples of futurologistfuturologist I think it is time that our best futurologists and those interested in tourism should make a deep study of the subject. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many futurologists say that the country will not have the resources in 20 or 30 years time to maintain its present high standards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The futurologists and the cable industry employees have not yet convinced the masses, and it will be some time before we see enormously wide use of the system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The scientific or quasi-scientific futurologist can base his forecasts only on the continuation of current trends. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The optimism of these futurologists, even if just in their focus on the future, was overtaken by the pessimism of the 1980s. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The futurologist can not foresee these. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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