1. 词义解释：
Prophesy是一个动词，意为“预测，预言”，多指通过神秘力量、直觉或先见之明来预言未来的事情。它也可以被用作名词，表示“预言、预测”。
2. 词源：
Prophesy源于古希腊语的Propheteia，意为“预见、预言”，后来演变为拉丁语中的prophetia，再传入英语。
3. 派生词：
prophet：是一个名词，意为“先知、预言家”；
prophetic：是一个形容词，意为“预言的、先知的”；
prophetess：是一个名词，意为“女先知、预言家”；
prophesier：是一个名词，意为“预言者”。
4. 用法和例句：
（1）动词用法：
- The ancient Greeks believed that the oracles could prophesy the future. （古希腊人相信神谕可以预言未来。）
- The prophet prophesied that there would be a great earthquake in the near future. （先知预言未来会有一次大地震。）
- It is said that Nostradamus prophesied many major events that happened in the world. （有说法称，诺斯特拉达姆斯预言了世界上许多重大事件。）
（2）名词用法：
- The prophesy that the world will end in 2012 is just a myth. （世界将在xx年结束的预言只是一个神话。）
- The prophesy of the apocalypse has been used in literature and films for centuries. （末日的预言在文学和电影作品中被利用了好几个世纪。）
5. 常见短语：
- self-prophesy：自我实现的预言，即通过无意识地和某种看法相关的思维和行为来促成该看法的实现；
- prophesy doom/gloom：预言灾难、悲观的未来。
- His self-prophesy about never finding love became a reality when he stopped looking for it. （他对自己永远不会找到爱情的自我实现的预言在他停止寻找爱情时成为了现实。）
- The economist prophesies doom and gloom for the economy in the coming year. （经济学家预言未来xx年经济将陷入困境。）
中文翻译：预言，预言术，预测
读音：/ˈprɑːfəsi/ （英式音标）/ˈprɑːfəsi/ （美式音标）
例句：
1. The prophet spoke of a great flood that would destroy the city.（这位先知预言了一场将毁灭这座城市的巨大洪水。）
2. Some people believe that certain books contain prophesies about future events.（有些人相信某些书籍包含了对未来事件的预言。）
3. She has a gift for prophesying the outcomes of sports games.（她有预测体育比赛结果的天赋。）
prophesy的中文解释是"预言、受神启示而说"，其中文解释还有"传教"的意思，读音为['prɒfәsai]，prophesy常被用作动词，在《瓦里希英汉词典》中，共找到34个与prophesy相关的句子。
Prophesy的翻译
1.预言
例句:Against all prophesy information, it fell over by itself - a consciousness issue that did not support it anymore. (与所有的预言信息相反，它全因为它自己而解体——一个意识不再继续支持它而造成这结果。)
2.受神启示而说
例句:Before he began, in the spring of 2009, to prophesy his own murder, there was little to suggest that he might meet a violent end. (xx年春，他尚未预言自己被害命运之前，很难看出他会终结于暴力之手。)
3.传教
例句:The writer George Eliot cautioned us that, among all forms of mistake, prophesy is the most gratuitous. (作家乔治·艾略特提醒我们， 在所有形式的错误中， 预言是最没有理由的。)
4.说预言、传教
例句:And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. (翻译:11：27有个少年人跑来告诉摩西说，伊利达，米达在营里说预言。)
例句
1. The writer George Eliot cautioned us that, among all forms of mistake, prophesy is the most gratuitous. (翻译:作家乔治·艾略特提醒我们， 在所有形式的错误中， 预言是最没有理由的。)
2. And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. (翻译:11：27有个少年人跑来告诉摩西说，伊利达，米达在营里说预言。)
3. Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. (翻译:他又对我说，你向这些骸骨发预言说，枯干的骸骨阿，要听耶和华的话。)
4. Son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, 'O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD. (翻译:人子啊，你要对以色列山发预言说：以色列山哪，要听耶和华的话。)
5. And the king of Israel said to Josaphat: Did I not tell thee that this man would not prophesy me any good, but evil? (翻译:以色列王对约沙法特说：“我不是告诉过你，他对我说顶言，总不说吉祥话，只说凶言么？”)
6. If you're the one from the prophesy, soon I will ask you to be my wife. (翻译:如果你就是预言中的女人 我会立即选你做妻子)
7. If a liar and deceiver comes and says, 'I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer, ' he would be just the prophet for this people! (翻译:若有人心存虚假，用谎言说，我要向你们预言得清酒和浓酒。那人就必作这民的先知。)
8. Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; say, a sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished. (翻译:人子阿，你要预言。耶和华吩咐我如此说，有刀，有刀，是磨快擦亮的。)
9. And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. (翻译:有个少年人跑来告诉摩西说，伊利达，米达在营里说预言。)
10. But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not. (翻译:你们却给拿细耳人酒喝、嘱咐先知说、不要说预言。)
11. Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying. (翻译:假冒为善的人哪，以赛亚指着你们说的预言，是不错的。)
近义词&反义词
prophesy作为动词的时候，其近义词以及反义词有p、prophesied/d、prophesied/i、prophesying/3、prophesies等。
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