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

• 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。
• Rinpoche told me several times that the MO ( divination) was not good.
  仁波切数度告诉我占卜的结果并不好。
• 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。
• You should have known that such a man as I could discover by divination what happened.
  难道你们不知道像我这样的人会占卜吗？
• Purple Star astrology is a traditional Taoist Chinese divination system.
  紫薇斗数是中国道家传统的算命方法。
• You are to come to wife divination, right?
  你是来给老婆卜卦，对吗？
• 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？
• At that time, only a few officials or divination people.
  当时，只有少数官吏或卜人使用。
• 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。
• 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？