prophetic
🇬🇧 UK/prә'fetik/🇺🇸 US
GREB1
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-derivedproforward, 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.