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

• 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。
• For rebellion is no less a sin than divination, and stubbornness is like iniquity and idolatry.
  顽梗的罪与拜虚神和偶像的罪相同。
• Divination based on facial features.
  占相术以面部特征为基础的占卜。
• Divination is a lie! It's killing us! Kane is using you!
  神化是个谎言！它在害死我们！凯恩在利用你们！
• 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。
• Healing, divination, developing psychic abilities, divine inspiration, healing power.
  健康，占卜，心灵或精神能力的发展，极好的（直觉的）灵感，治疗的力量。
• 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。
• 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。
• Superficially, the Book of Changes is indeed about divination.
  从表面上看《周易》的确是一部占卜吉凶的书。
• 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。