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单词 prescience
释义 pre·science
\ˈprē]sh(ē)ən(t)s, ˈpre], ]s(ē)-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin praescientia, from Latin praescient-, praesciens + -ia -y
1. : foreknowledge of events:
 a. : omniscience with regard to the future usually held to be a divine attribute
  < belief in the absolute prescience … of God — Frank Thilly >
  < God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents — Jonathan Edwards >
 b. : the human faculty or quality of being able to anticipate the occurrence or nature of future events : foresight
  < the acute phatic prescience of a mother when her child is concerned — Weston La Barre >
  < country people seem to have a greater prescience of snow — Adrian Bell >
  < foresaw the great dangers … with far more prescience than most well-informed people — Sir Winston Churchill >
2. : an instance of foreknowledge or foresight
 < presciences like these do come to us sometimes — Kenneth Roberts >
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