divination

英 [ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃn]

美 [ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃn]

n.  占卜; 预测; 预言

复数：divinations　

BNC.34177 / COCA.18486

牛津词典

noun

• 占卜；预测；预言
  the act of finding out and saying what will happen in the future

柯林斯词典

• 占卜（术）;预测;预言
  Divinationis the art or practice of discovering what will happen in the future using supernatural means.

英英释义

noun

• the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
  Synonym:foretellingsoothsayingfortune telling
• a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
  Synonym:prophecy
• successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

双语例句

• Isn't this the cup my master drinks from and also uses for divination?
  这不是我主人饮酒的杯吗？岂不是他占卜用的吗？
• The divination ideology of long standing had a great influence on Chinese tradition and culture.
  谶纬思想源远流长，对中国传统文化有极为深刻的影响。
• Don't you know that a man like me can find things out by divination?
  你们岂不知象我这样的人必能占卜吗？
• To foretell through or as if through the art of divination.
  占卜，预言通过或似通过占卜术预言。
• This text was used to record the results of divination, which is recorded the event symbols.
  文字当时是用来记录占卜结果的，也记录事件的符号。
• At that time, only a few officials or divination people.
  当时，只有少数官吏或卜人使用。
• Purple Star astrology is a traditional Taoist Chinese divination system.
  紫薇斗数是中国道家传统的算命方法。
• They prayed to Buddhist and Shinto gods ( every vesselcarried a shrine), and they prepared divination papers to find out where theywere.
  他们向佛教和神道教的神明祈祷（每艘船上都有神龛），通过写有预言的纸来了解现在的位置。
• In divination, the judgement of two men out of the three engaged in it should be followed.
  任用这些人从事卜筮时，三个人的占卜，应当信从其中两个人的判断。
• The Xuan Tong Da Shu is one of the most important works of divination in Bimo Culture.
  《玄通大书》是毕摩文化中最重要的占卜经典。