seers

英 [ˈsiːəz]

美 [sirz]

n.  (尤指旧时)预言家，先知
seer的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 预言者;先知
  Aseeris a person who tells people what will happen in the future.
  1. ...the writings of the 16th century French seer, Nostradamus.
     16世纪法国预言家诺斯特拉达穆斯的作品
  2. ...the economic seers who regularly provide The Economist with forecasts.
     定期为《经济学家》杂志提供前瞻性预测的经济预言家

双语例句

• Like many other seers he was an excellent analyst, but a poor prophet.
  如同很多其他人一样，他是一个优秀的分析家，却是一位糟糕的预言家。
• For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
  因为耶和华把沉睡的灵，倾倒在你们身上；他紧闭你们的眼，就是先知；蒙盖你们的头，就是先见。
• The men of vision are the seers and prophets;
  那些具有想象力的人是预言者和先知。
• Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
  先见必抱愧，占卜的必蒙羞，都必捂着嘴唇，因为上帝不应允他们。
• Only with this difference, that, whereas the Jewish seers had denounced judgments and ruin on their country, it was his mission to foretell a high and glorious destiny for the newly gathered people of the lord.
  唯一不同的是，犹太人预言家当年宣告的是他们国内的天罚和灭亡，而他的使命则是预示新近在这里集结起来的上帝的臣民们的崇高而光荣的命运。
• The coming demand for IT services will dwarf the expectations of people, even those who putatively are seers in the field.
  对IT服务将要到来的要求会使人们的预期变得渺小，即使那些人是公认的此领域预言家。
• Perhaps we all know already, but it is still incredible to discover coincidences in the prophecies of other seers.
  也许我们已经清楚知道了，但是看到别位先知不谋而合的发现，我们仍然感到不可思议。
• Who say to the seers, see not; and to the prophets, do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure.
  他们对先见说，不要望见不吉利的事，对先知说，不要向我们讲正直的话，要向我们说柔和的话，言虚幻的事。
• 'Homa'or the fire ritual is very ancient and has been the most effective ritual right from the times of the Vedic Seers.
  “火供”或者火的仪式是非常古老的，吠陀先知者时代最有效的仪式。
• In ancient times this kind of poetry and counseling was well known in the form of prophecies and visions from seers or shamans.
  在古代，这种诗文和箴言以先知或萨满的预言和显灵的形式而众所周知。