| 单词 | foretelling |
| 释义 | foretelling (once / 12468 pages) n WORD FAMILY foretelling: foretellings+/foretell: foretelling, foretells, foretold/retell: retelling, retells, retold/tell: foretell, retell, teller, telling, tells, told, untellable/teller: tellers/telling: tellingly, tellings/told: untold/untellable: untellably/untold: untoldly USAGE EXAMPLESHe is politically progressive and a week before the election angered his side, and some media folk, by foretelling the victory of Donald Trump. Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016) That piece tempers its pathos with a rhythmic kick, foretelling the brighter approach on the new album. New York Times(Aug 26, 2016) That's why people in the East are always foretelling our doom, and they may be right, although it hasn't happened yet. Los Angeles Times(Jul 21, 2016) 1n the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means Syn|Hypo|Hyper divination, fortune telling, soothsaying arithmancy divination by means of numbers dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancysearching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod geomancydivination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another) hydromancydivination by water (as by patterns seen in the ebb and flow of the tides) lithomancydivination by means of stones or stone talismans necromancyconjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying oneiromancydivination through the interpretation of dreams onomancydivination by the letters of a name chirology, chiromancy, palm reading, palmistrytelling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand pyromancydivination by fire or flames prognostication, prophecy, vaticination knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) 2n a statement made about the future Syn|Hypo|Hyper forecasting, prediction, prognostication extropy the prediction that human intelligence and technology will enable life to expand in an orderly way throughout the entire universe fortunetellingthe practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment) horoscopea prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets meteorology, weather forecastingpredicting what the weather will be forecast, prognosisa prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop divination, prophecya prediction uttered under divine inspiration oraclea prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible financial forecasta forecast of the expected financial position and the results of operations and cash flows based on expected conditions weather forecast, weather outlooka forecast of the weather statement a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc |
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