prescience
UK/'presiәns/US
GREC2
释义
n.
Knowledge of events before they happen; foresight.
预知，先见之明。
词根拆分
词根派生pre-（「之前」）+ sci（「知道」）+ -ence（状态）=「事先知道」=先见之明。它命名一种（罕见、近乎预言式的）在事情到来之前就知道的能力。
词根 sci 还连着 10 个词常用搭配
- 1.remarkable prescience非凡的先见之明
- 2.uncanny prescience惊人的预知能力
- 3.show prescience展现出先见之明
- 4.with prescience以先见之明
例句
- 1.
His warning about the crash showed remarkable prescience.
他对那场崩盘的警告展现出非凡的先见之明。
- 2.
With uncanny prescience, she had sold the shares a week earlier.
凭着惊人的预知能力，她一周前就卖掉了那些股票。