单词	futurology
释义	futurology /ˌfjuːtʃəˈrɒlədʒi / noun [mass noun] Systematic forecasting of the future, especially from present trends in society.This skepticism comes from three sources: the limits of futurology, the science of behavioural genetics, and human nature itself.... Amongst some managers, however, a change of thinking is becoming apparent: a thinking that suggests that futurology is a worthwhile practice. Most technological futurology see agents as benign, as obedient slaves who only have our best interests at heart. Derivatives futurological /ˌfjuːtʃərəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l / adjective ... Both are informed by the intricate social, political, cultural and economic networks that constitute our historical and futurological worlds. Similar ideas run through much futurological and policy work on telecommunications today. Those searching for futurological predictions about the explosive growth of Third World conurbations or the latest style trends in architecture will accordingly be disappointed. futurologist /ˌfjuːtʃəˈrɒlədʒɪst / noun ... And scientific or not, how are these astrologers any worse than the market consultants, futurologists and experts who hog television time telling us - on the basis of market surveys and simulated exercises - how the economy will behave? Things that have proved intrinsically popular for a substantial period of time tend not to become obsolete anywhere near as quickly as certain futurologists are wont to predict. Scotland's cites, the futurologists reckon, have reached a crest of the consumerist and cultural wave that carried their economies out of the post-industrial era.
随便看	liaison officer liana liane Liao Liaodong Peninsula Liaoning liar liard liar dice Liard River lias liassic liatris lib Lib. libation libber Lib Dem libeccio libel libeller libellous libellously libelous Liberace

英语词典包含243303条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。