| 词汇 | self-fulfilling-prophecy |
| 释义 | self-fulfilling prophecy noun[ C ] uk /ˌself.fʊlˌfɪl.ɪŋ ˈprɒf.ə.si/ us /ˌself.fʊlˌfɪl.ɪŋ ˈprɑː.fə.si/ something that you cause to happen by saying and expecting that it will happen会应验的预言 Inevitable all roads lead to Romeidiom baked in be (only) a matter of timeidiom be damned if you do and damned if you don'tidiom be nothing for itidiom implacability implacable implacably inalienable inalienably inexorable inexorably insuppressible it can't be helpedidiom relentless seal unavoidably unescapable unstoppable unstoppably a self-fulfilling prophecy | American Dictionarya self-fulfilling prophecyidiom a situation in which something happens because you expected or said it would happen: Sales predictions determine how a book is published, and a prediction of poor sales is often a self-fulfilling prophecy. Examples of self-fulfilling prophecyself-fulfilling prophecy However, this can become aself-fulfillingprophecy unless we at least consider them. There was, he thought, a selfreinforcing cycle in which low trust by the family in non-family executives became aself-fulfillingprophecy. The latter became part of aself-fulfillingprophecy. First, the presentation of script information before the experiment can act as aself-fulfillingprophecy, because scripts are seldom value-neutral. This led to relatively limited opportunities for skills development among older workers - the perception became aself-fulfillingprophecy. This in itself shows why a negative attitude to ageing can easily become aself-fulfillingprophecy. The danger of aself-fulfillingprophecy effect is even more apparent in tasks which use performance-related payment. Second, if she does attend, the anticipatory anxiety may turn out to be aself-fulfillingprophecy, in that anxiety increases sensitivity to painful stimulation. Although future life experiences might alter these patterns, the pattern itself operates in aself-fulfillingprophecy to be selfreinforcing, thus increasing its stability across the life span. As such, however shortlived its influence on others during 1917, for the party at least, the ' franchise factor ' seems to have functioned, in effect, as aself-fulfillingprophecy. If lower expectations result in actually meeting fewer people and receiving less support from others, and thus serve as aself-fulfillingprophecy, feelings of social loneliness may be stronger. It's more like aself-fulfillingprophecy! The idea that realism is aself-fulfillingprophecy is consistent with a growing constructivist literature asserting that agents and the structures they inhabit are mutually constituted. The research became aself-fulfillingprophecy. Information, or misinformation, from anonymous sources must be consigned to the dustbin lest it becomes aself-fulfillingprophecy, which is always a danger. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of self-fulfilling prophecy 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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