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

• For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
  从此，在以色列家中必不再有虚假的异象和奉承的占卜。
• The concept of number originated very early and divination by Zhouyi might be its earliest origin we know.
  数字观念的源起很早，《易》占可能是已知最早的源头。
• 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。
• 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。
• Divination is a lie! It's killing us! Kane is using you!
  神化是个谎言！它在害死我们！凯恩在利用你们！
• 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。
• You are to come to wife divination, right?
  你是来给老婆卜卦，对吗？
• 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。
• Junqi astrology, as part of qi divination in ancient Chinese astrology, has very early origins.
  “军气占”属于中国古代天象占中的气占，起源甚早。
• The Xuan Tong Da Shu is one of the most important works of divination in Bimo Culture.
  《玄通大书》是毕摩文化中最重要的占卜经典。