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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
          1. a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
              Synonym:prophecy
            1. successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

              双语例句

              • But geomancy means divination according to geographic features, so the translation is not entirely correct.
                但是土占意指根据地理特征来占卜,所以这个翻译并非完全正确。
              • 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?
              • In societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination.
                在社会上练习萨满教的人;可以联通可见世界和精神世界的人;练习巫术来治病或预言的人。
              • In divination, the judgement of two men out of the three engaged in it should be followed.
                任用这些人从事卜筮时,三个人的占卜,应当信从其中两个人的判断。
              • 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?
              • These characters were mostly prayers by Shang rulers at divination and sacrificial rites, as well as simple records.
                这些文字,大都是商代统治者占卜祭祀时的祝辞和简单记事。
              • 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。
              • Katherine McCormack goes beyond horoscopes and provides a quick guide to other forms of divination.
                凯瑟琳?麦考马克超越了占星并给其它形式的预言提供了快速的指导。
              • 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。
              • Divination based on facial features.
                占相术以面部特征为基础的占卜。