| 词汇 | divining |
| 释义 | divining present participle ofdivine divine verb formaluk /dɪˈvaɪn/ us /dɪˈvaɪn/ divineverb (GUESS)[ T ] to guess something: 猜，猜测；估计 [ + that ]I divined from his grim expression that the news was not good.他的表情很严肃，我猜不是什么好消息。 to guess guessGuess who called yesterday? estimateThey estimate that the work will take at least ten weeks. divineMum had divined my state of mind rather shrewdly. surmiseFrom the expression on his face, she surmised that something bad had happened. conjectureIt would be reasonable to conjecture that lack of exercise contributed to his obesity. speculateA spokesperson declined to speculate on the cause of the plane crash. Guessing, supposing and suspecting approximate as muchidiom conjecture consider deem draw fall guess jump jump to conclusionsidiom mark mark someone down as something misjudge misjudgment pluck presuppose supposably surmise think of something unguessable divineverb (SEARCH)[ I or T ] to search for water or minerals underground by holding horizontally in your hands a Y-shaped rod or stick, the end of which suddenly points down slightly when water or minerals are below it: （用丫形杖）探测（地下水或矿藏） a divining rod探矿杖 Searching -seeking beachcomb beachcomber beachcombing body search bounty hunter divine hunter hunting ground keep your/an eye out for someone/somethingidiom leave no stone unturnedidiom manhunt needle scout scratch search seek someone/something out seeker shake someone down troll Examples of diviningdivining In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. But most of all they teach the work of judicial astrology and all the divining arts. Bad houses and spoons which do not perform their functions would be useless in divining the ideal house or the ideal spoon. Projecting the geometric physiognomy of a building or city was a prophetic act, a form of conjuring and divining that involved much more than the personal will of the author. Indeed, the impossibility of divining from scratch the meanings that another person attaches to their words is more striking on the surface than comparable arguments for syntax. Perhaps a flood of amusement at seeing me divining water might be permitted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The 93/95 programme was certainly problematic as was exemplified by the probing consultant's report divining its entrails. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I do not think that that office can be much more helpful at present than the water divining approach that has been mentioned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Today we have heard many helpful and thoughtful speeches which will help us in divining the way forward. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have no means of divining its collective will. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have no method of divining these things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I wonder about the future of those who possess the quality of water divining. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 National security is not simply a matter of preventing the agents of enemies and potential enemies from divining our secrets or damaging our safety in more positive ways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He continued the routine, correctly divining and locating the personal object, which was a puffer necklace. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A divining cup was supposed to be able to detect poison. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The program teaches students to use science and critical thinking to investigate claims of the paranormal, such as water divining, spoon bending, and firewalking. 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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