divination

英 [ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃn]

美 [ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃn]

n.  占卜; 预测; 预言

复数：divinations　

BNC.34177 / COCA.18486

牛津词典

noun

• 占卜；预测；预言
  the act of finding out and saying what will happen in the future

柯林斯词典

• 占卜（术）;预测;预言
  Divinationis the art or practice of discovering what will happen in the future using supernatural means.

英英释义

noun

• the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
  Synonym:foretellingsoothsayingfortune telling
• a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
  Synonym:prophecy
• successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

双语例句

• You should have known that such a man as I could discover by divination what happened.
  难道你们不知道像我这样的人会占卜吗？
• It is practicing two things that are forbidden and condemned: divination and necromancy.
  这是在实习被禁止和谴责的两件事：占卜和招魂。
• They're part of an ancient Greek divination ritual.
  他们是古希腊占卜仪式的一部分。
• Don't you know that a man like me can find things out by divination?
  你们岂不知象我这样的人必能占卜吗？
• For rebellion is no less a sin than divination, and stubbornness is like iniquity and idolatry.
  顽梗的罪与拜虚神和偶像的罪相同。
• Han Jia, to my knowledge, the Book of Changes is about divination.
  韩佳，据我所知啊，这《周易》它只是一部算卦的书。
• They prayed to Buddhist and Shinto gods ( every vesselcarried a shrine), and they prepared divination papers to find out where theywere.
  他们向佛教和神道教的神明祈祷（每艘船上都有神龛），通过写有预言的纸来了解现在的位置。
• At that time, only a few officials or divination people.
  当时，只有少数官吏或卜人使用。
• To foretell through or as if through the art of divination.
  占卜，预言通过或似通过占卜术预言。
• This text was used to record the results of divination, which is recorded the event symbols.
  文字当时是用来记录占卜结果的，也记录事件的符号。