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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• At that time, only a few officials or divination people.
  当时，只有少数官吏或卜人使用。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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 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。
• 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。