PREDICT1 to say what will happen in the future2 to think you know what is going to happen in the future3 something that someone predicts will happen4 able to be predicted5 not able to be predicted6 someone with special powers to predictRELATED WORDSsee alsoFUTURE1 to say what will happen in the future 说出某事将要发生predict /prɪˈdɪkt/ [transitive verb]to say what you think will happen in the future 预言；预测；预告 Most of the papers are predicting an easy victory for the Dallas Cowboys. 多数报纸预言达拉斯牛仔队会轻易获胜。 a major earthquake that no-one had predicted 一场没有预测到的大地震predict (that) Some scientists predict that the Earth's temperature will rise by as much as 5° over the next 20 years. 一些科学家预言，今后20年里地球温度会上升5度之多。forecast /ˈfɔːʳkɑːstǁ-kæst/ [transitive verb]to publicly say what will happen in the future with the weather or the economic or political situation, especially when you have special or technical knowledge 预测；预报〔天气、经济或政治，尤涉及特殊或技术知识〕 Property analysts forecast a fall in house prices. 房地产分析人士预测房价会下跌。forecast rain/fine weather/snow etc Rain is forecast for all parts of southern England tomorrow. 预报说，明天英格兰南部全境有雨。forecast that Hardly anyone had forecast that the drought would last so long. 几乎没人预测到干旱会持续那么长时间。prophesy /ˈprɒfɪsaɪ, ˈprɒfəsaɪǁˈprɑː-/ [intransitive/transitive verb]to say that something will happen, especially because you have religious or magical powers 预言〔尤因具有宗教力量或魔法〕 It is claimed that Ebba prophesied her own death from the plague. 据称埃巴预言自己会死于鼠疫。prophesy that Jesus prophesied that one of his disciples would betray him. 耶稣预言，他的门徒中有一人将出卖他。prophesy about Her ability to prophesy about the future made many people think she was a witch. 她预知未来的能力使得许多人认为她是个巫婆。foretell /fɔːʳˈtel/ [transitive verb]to say what will happen in the future, especially by using magical powers - used in literature and stories 预言〔尤用魔法；用于文学作品及故事中〕 Nostradamus is said to have foretold the rise of Hitler. 据说诺查丹玛斯曾预言希特勒会崛起。 Everything happened as Merlin foretold. 一切正像默林预言的那样。second-guess /ˌsekənd ˈges/ [transitive verb]to try to predict what an opponent will do in order to gain an advantage over them 预测〔对手的做法〕 I just couldn't get the ball past him; he second-guessed me every time. 我无法把球绕过他；每次他都猜出我的意图。 Second-guessing the bank's next move in the takeover bid proved very difficult. 预测该银行在此次收购出价中下一步会怎么做非常困难。2 to think you know what is going to happen in the future 觉得自己预先知道将要发生什么事foresee /fɔːʳˈsiː/ [transitive verb]to know that something is going to happen before it actually happens 预见；预知 No one foresaw the Great Depression of the thirties. 没有人预见到30年代的经济大萧条。 Businesses are alarmed at the costs they foresee in complying with the new rules. 企业预见到遵循新规定将要付出的代价，感到很忧虑。foresee that Ten years ago she could not have foreseen that her marriage would end in divorce. 十年前，她无法预料到自己的婚姻会以离婚告终。envisagealsoenvision /ɪnˈvɪzɪdʒ, ɪnˈvɪʒən/ [transitive verb]to have a clear idea of something that will happen in the future, especially important changes in a situation 想象；设想〔尤指情况的重大变化〕 I cannot envisage what the circumstances will be in twenty years’ time. 我无法想象二十年后的情形会是什么样。 Most of those who voted for independence did not envision war as the eventual outcome. 大多数投票选择独立的人没料到最后的结局竟会是战争。 We do not envisage a general election for at least another two years. 我们预计，至少今后两年内不会举行大选。see something coming /ˌsiː something ˈkʌmɪŋ/ [verb phrase]to know or think you know what is going to happen because there are signs that it will 预计某事会发生 Jason saw the stock market crash coming and sold most of his shares. 贾森预计股市会暴跌，所以把名下大多数的股票都卖了。 Then one day she just walked out -- I suppose I should have seen it coming really. 后来有一天她出走了—我想我本应该能够估计到。feel something in your bones /ˌfiːl something ɪn jɔːʳ ˈbəʊnz/ [verb phrase]informalto think that something is going to happen, especially something bad, not for any clear or specific reason, but just because you have a feeling that it will 【非正式】凭直觉预感到某事〔尤指坏事〕 The trip's going to be a disaster - I can feel it in my bones. 这次旅行将是一场灾难。我凭直觉预感到这一点。have a premonition /hæv ə ˌpriːməˈnɪʃən/ [verb phrase]to have a strange or unexplainable feeling that something is going to happen, especially something unpleasant 有种〔不祥的〕预感have a premonition (that) When Paola failed to phone, John had a horrible premonition that she was in danger. 葆拉没有打电话来，于是约翰有一种可怕的预感：她有危险。have a premonition of She shivered suddenly, and I wondered whether she had had a premonition of her own death. 她突然颤抖起来，我怀疑她是不是预感到死亡来临。see into the future /ˌsiː ɪntə ðə ˈfjuːtʃəʳ/ [verb phrase]someone who cansee into the future has the ability to know what will happen before it happens 未卜先知 If I could only see into the future and know how this would all end. 要是我能未卜先知，知道这一切如何了结就好了。 Nobody can see into the future, and all stock exchange investment is a gamble. 没有人能未卜先知，证券投资都是赌博。3 something that someone predicts will happen 某人预言将会发生的某事prediction /prɪˈdɪkʃən/ [countable noun]a statement saying what you think will happen in the future 预言；预料的事物 Despite their confident predictions, sales of the new car have not been very good. 尽管他们的预言充满信心，但是新车销售并不十分理想。make a prediction It's too early to make any predictions about the election results. 预言选举结果还为时过早。forecast /ˈfɔːʳkɑːstǁ-kæst/ [countable noun]a public statement saying what is likely to happen with the weather or with the economic or political situation, based on special or technical knowledge 〔天气、经济或政治方面的〕预测；预报the weather forecasta statement in a newspaper, or on the TV or radio, saying what the weather will be like during the next few days 天气预报 According to the weather forecast, it's going to stay hot for the rest of the week. 天气预报说本周以后几天持续高温。give/make a forecast It is impossible to give an accurate forecast of company sales 10 years from now. 精确预测公司十年后的营业额是不可能的。prophecy /ˈprɒfɪsi, ˈprɒfəsiǁˈprɑː-/ [countable noun]a statement that says something will happen, especially made by someone with religious or magical powers 〔尤指具有宗教力量或魔法的人作出的〕预言prophecy of The old woman's prophecies of disaster were soon fulfilled. 老妇人关于灾难的预言很快就变成了现实。prophecy that Lij Yasu was never crowned, possibly because he believed a prophecy that if he became king he would die. 伊亚苏五世从没登上王位，可能是因为他相信自己当上国王后就会死去的预言吧。 Amazingly, the manager's prophecy that the team would get into the first division seems to be coming true. 令人惊讶的是，教练关于球队将进入甲级的预言似乎要变成现实了。prognosis /prɒgˈnəʊsɪs, prɒgˈnəʊsəsǁprɑːg-/ [countable noun]formalthe likely result of a process such as an illness or a series of events that has already started 【正式】〔对疾病或事情发展结果的〕预后；预测 Well, doctor, what's the prognosis? 那么，医生，预后情况怎么样？ By the early 1990s the prognosis for Communism wasn't at all good.predicted /prɪˈdɪktɪd, prɪˈdɪktəd/ [adjective usually before noun]showing what someone thinks will happen in the future 被预测的 More than a century after Marx, the predicted dissolution of capitalism has still not taken place. There were several arrests for disorderly behaviour, but for the most part the much-predicted violence did not materialize. 一些人因破坏治安遭逮捕，但很多人预料发生的暴力事件基本上没有发生。projected /prəˈdʒektɪd, prəˈdʒektəd/ [adjective usually before noun]projected figures/sales/profits/resultsthe profits, sales etc that a business expects to achieve considering past and present performance 预期的数字/销售额/利润/结果 Next year's projected sales are 5% higher than this year's. 明年的预计销售额要比今年的高出5%。 The company's losses look likely to wipe out the projected profits on the ECR90 project. 该公司的损失可能会抵消掉ECR90项目的预期利润。4 able to be predicted 能预测的predictable /prɪˈdɪktəbəl/ [adjective] The drug is usually effective but unfortunately the side effects are not always predictable. 那种药物通常是有效的，但不幸的是其副作用不一定能够预测出来。 There are few predictable elements to this conflict -- the only certainty is that the situation will worsen before it gets better. 这次冲突的因素大多难以预料——唯一可以肯定的是，情势变好之前必先恶化。it is predictable that In the current economic climate it is fairly predictable that unemployment will continue to rise. 在当前的经济环境里，可以肯定的是，失业率将会持续上升。foreseeable /fɔːʳˈsiːəbəl/ [adjective]able to be predicted within a particular period of time in the future 能预见的，能预料的 Due to rising costs and delays in the delivery of equipment, losses are already foreseeable on the new tunnel project. 由于成本上升、设备运送延误，人们已经预见到新隧道工程必将出现亏损。in the foreseeable future There will not be any redundancies in the foreseeable future. 在可以预见的未来里不会裁员。foreseeable circumstances Your insurance policy should take into account all foreseeable circumstances. 你们的保险单应该把所有可以预见的情况考虑在内。5 not able to be predicted 无法预见的can't say/tell /ˌkɑːnt ˈseɪ, ˈtelǁˌkænt-/ [verb phrase]informalto be unable to say or predict what will happen 【非正式】说不准；不知道can't say/tell how/what/whether The doctors can't say whether he will recover at this stage. 医生在目前阶段不知道他能否康复。 I don't know if we'll stay together or not. I can't tell how I'll be feeling in a month's time. 我不知道我们能否在一起生活。我说不准一个月后自己的感受会是什么样。unpredictable /ˌʌnprɪˈdɪktəbəl/ [adjective]something that isunpredictable is impossible to predict because the situation changes a lot and has no regular pattern 无法预测的；难以预测的 Britain is well known for its unpredictable weather. 英国的天气变幻莫测是广为人知的。 Mayoral elections are usually unpredictable, highly dependent on the particular appeal of personalities and the ability to form coalitions. 一般来说，市长选举的结果难以预测，很大程度上取决于独特的性格魅力和建立联盟的能力。highly unpredictable The situation in the region's poorest country remains volatile and highly unpredictable. 该地区最贫困的国家的形势依然多变，很难预测。unforeseeable /ˌʌnfɔːʳˈsiːəbəl/ [adjective]a situation or event, especially a bad one, that isunforeseeable could not have been predicted because it is the result of unusually bad luck 无法预料的；难以预见的〔尤指糟糕的情况或事件〕 What happened the following weekend was as unforeseeable as a plane falling on your house. 下个周末发生的事就像飞机掉到你家那样无法预料。 The circumstances which combined to cause this accident were unforeseeable. 导致这起事故的几种情况交织在一起，不可能预料得到。it remains to be seen /ɪt rɪˌmeɪnz tə biː ˈsiːn/use this to show that you are unable or unwilling to say what will happen, and so people have to wait and see 还不知道 ‘What is your next film going to be about?’ ‘Well, that remains to be seen.’ “你下一部片子是有关什么内容的？”“哦，还不知道呐。” What remains to be seen now is whether it is too late to save the rainforests. 现在未知的问题是抢救雨林是否已经太迟。it remains to be seen how/when/if etc It remains to be seen how many senior citizens will actually benefit from this new plan. 到底有多少老年人实际上会从此新方案中受益还不知道。6 someone with special powers to predict 有特别预言能力的人fortune teller /ˈfɔːʳtʃən ˌteləʳ/ [countable noun]someone who tells people what will happen to them in the future and is paid for doing this 算命者 I went to see a fortune teller, and she told me that I would meet the man of my dreams and have three children. 我去见了一位算命的，她告诉我说我会遇见梦寐以求的男子，并生下三个孩子。clairvoyant /kleəʳˈvɔɪənt/ [countable noun]someone who has the ability to know what will happen in the future 能预见未来的人 A clairvoyant predicted that something terrible would happen to the President. 一位据说未卜先知的人预言总统会遭遇可怕的事。clairvoyance [countable noun]the ability to know what will happen in the future: 预知未来的能力 Local legends told of a family in which the women were all cursed with clairvoyance. 当地传说中有一家人，其中的女性成员都能预知未来，深受其苦。psychic /ˈsaɪkɪk/ [adjective]spokensomeone who ispsychic is able to know what will happen in the future - used especially when saying that you cannot know what will happen, or when you are surprised that someone knew that something would happen 【口】能预见未来的，未卜先知的〔尤指你不能预知未来，或对某人知道某事会发生感到惊讶〕 How was I supposed to know she'd react like that? I'm not psychic! 我怎么知道她会有那样的反应？我又不能未卜先知！ How did you know I'd be here? You must be psychic! 你怎么知道我会在这里？你肯定是个先知！