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

• 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？
• Admittedly, this is Wei "divination, astrology," the rise of a very close contact.
  诚然，这与魏晋玄学之兴起有极密的联系。
• 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。
• Divination based on facial features.
  占相术以面部特征为基础的占卜。
• 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？
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。