英语词汇“sortilege”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sortilege

/ˈsɔːtɪlɪdʒ

noun [mass noun] chiefly historical

The practice of foretelling the future from a card or other item drawn at random from a collection.Some descriptions made technology assessment sound like blustery sortilege; others made it out to be a highly systematic and methodical process, with strict rules and procedures, tools and models.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin sortilegium 'sorcery', from Latin sortilegus 'sorcerer', from Latin sors, sort- 'lot, chance' + legere 'choose'.

单词	sortilege
释义	sortilege /ˈsɔːtɪlɪdʒ / noun [mass noun] chiefly historical The practice of foretelling the future from a card or other item drawn at random from a collection.Some descriptions made technology assessment sound like blustery sortilege; others made it out to be a highly systematic and methodical process, with strict rules and procedures, tools and models. Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin sortilegium 'sorcery', from Latin sortilegus 'sorcerer', from Latin sors, sort- 'lot, chance' + legere 'choose'.
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