oracles

英 [ˈɒrəklz]

美 [ˈɔrəkəlz]

n.  (古希腊的)神示所; (传达神谕的)牧师，女祭司; (古希腊常有隐含意义的)神谕，神示; 能提供宝贵信息的人(或书); 权威; 智囊
oracle的复数

柯林斯词典

• （古希腊的）传神谕者，神使，宣示神谕的祭司
  In ancient Greece, anoraclewas a priest or priestess who made statements about future events or about the truth.

双语例句

• "He is in great danger," answered the god, dodging the question with the agility of all oracles.
  “他非常危险。”神仙以巧妙的语气回避这个问题。
• The ancient oracles were often vague and equivocal.
  古代的神谕常是意义模糊和模棱两可的。
• Puzzlingly for the pragmatic spacemen, their trip to the moon seemed to have elevated them to the status of oracles, and people pressed them for their thoughts on everything from religion to the future of the human species and the chances for world peace.
  对于务实的宇航员感到迷惑的是，他们的登月旅程似乎把他们提升到了圣人的地位，并且人们迫切想知道他们的任何想法，从宗教到人类的未来和世界和平的机会。
• A book in the Old Testament containing the oracles of the prophet jeremiah.
  旧约的一卷，包含先知耶利米的神谕。
• From oracles to clerical script to cursive writing, same character in its historic evolution changed its shape in various ways, but its rudimental meaning stay relatively unchanged.
  从甲骨文到竹简隶书到怀素的狂草，相同的字在历史演变中形式发生了那么多变化，而其本质承载的含义相比之下几乎是不变的。
• Writing systems earlier than Shang Dynasty oracles have been found. The interpretation of these will shed more light on the dawn of China.
  20年来发现了一些先于殷商卜辞的文字。这些文字的释义将进一步照亮中华文明的曙光。
• To live among them as oracles.
  作为先知生活在他们之中。
• Great in every respect. First of all, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.
  罗3：2凡事大有好处.一是神的圣言交托他们。
• There was a momentary silence, profound as what should follow the utterance of oracles.
  那一刹那的静穆，如同宣告了神谕之后一般深沉。
• Oracles given by the famous in ancient years Delphi Oracle were notorious for being amphigories.
  古代希腊德尔菲神庙给出的神谕以模棱两可著称。