| 词汇 | prophesied |
| 释义 | prophesied past simple and past participle ofprophesy prophesy verb[ I or T ] uk /ˈprɒf.ə.saɪ/ us /ˈprɑː.fə.saɪ/ to say that you believe something will happen in the future: 预言 Few could have prophesied this war.几乎没有人预言会发生这场战争。 [ + that ]He prophesied that the present government would only stay four years in office.他预言说现任政府只能维持4年。 [ + question word ]I wouldn't like to prophesy what will happen to that marriage!我不愿意预言那桩婚姻将来会怎么样！ Predicting things and intuition augur augury bellwether betcha bode herald horizon scanning hunch inkling instinct prefigure premonition premonitory presage prescience telepathically telepathy there's no knowing/telling/sayingidiom unforeseeable unintuitively Examples of prophesiedprophesied In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. He prophesied to them in secret all the happenings that would take place on their journey. Indeed, he had prophesied the exact opposite: a decline of productivist dogma in favor of progressive experimentation. He prophesied that in the future the victims might be rehabilitated (p. 96). Experience has entirely falsified all the dire consequences that were prophesied as to what would happen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Large welfare milk rounds in inner city areas will suffer huge losses—£50 to £60 a week, it has been prophesied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Socialists many years ago prophesied that in time to come this competition would have to go, and that rationalisation would have to be substituted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He almost prophesied that there would be a tornado of appeals thundering down upon the poor valuation officers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the blitzkriegprophesied by these commentators takes place, it will not get there in time anyway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is significant about the past two years is that we have not had the economic downturn that practically everyone prophesied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Five years later, in 1988, a second fire occurred—on time, as prophesied by the consultants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The industry was built up to a position which many people prophesied could not happen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It never had the effect which he so dolefully prophesied with regard to that class of transaction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 While the free market operated the supply of private rented property did not increase, as his party prophesied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even the present prophesied unemployment figure of 3 million underestimates the real level of unemployment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He prophesied that there would be an overall surplus of some few million pounds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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