prophetic

🇬🇧 UK/prә'fetik/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

adj.

Relating to or resembling a prophecy; accurately predicting future events

预言的,先知的,预示性的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
proforward, for, before
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phetroot
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icrelating to, having the nature of
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Common Collocations

  • 1.prophetic vision预言性的远见
  • 2.prophetic words预言性的话语
  • 3.prove prophetic被证明是预言性的
  • 4.prophetic warning预言性的警告

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    His warning about the economic collapse proved remarkably prophetic.

  • 2.

    The novel's prophetic vision of a surveillance state feels unsettlingly relevant today.

  • 3.

    She spoke in prophetic tones, as if she could see what lay ahead.

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