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
- a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
- successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck
双语例句
- You are to come to wife divination, right?
你是来给老婆卜卦,对吗? - 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。 - Isn't this the cup my master drinks from and also uses for divination?
这不是我主人饮酒的杯吗?岂不是他占卜用的吗? - 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。 - At that time, only a few officials or divination people.
当时,只有少数官吏或卜人使用。 - 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。 - The divination ideology of long standing had a great influence on Chinese tradition and culture.
谶纬思想源远流长,对中国传统文化有极为深刻的影响。 - 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。 - Will time turners or divination come into play in some way again?
也许时间转换器和占卜术又以某种方式发生了作用? - 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。