rophesy
v
(pt, pp -sied)
1 [I, Ip] ~ (of sth) foretell future events; speak as a prophet; make prophecies 预告未来; 作预言.
2 [Tn, Tf, Tw]
say (what will happen in the future); foretell 预告(某事); 预言
He prophesied the strange events that were to come. 他预言要有怪事发生.
They prophesied correctly that the Conservatives would win the election. 他们预言保守党人在选举中获胜, 果然不出所料.
He refused to prophesy when the economy would begin to improve. 他不愿推测经济何时好转.
Live animals? I didn' t know we were going to take live animals with us, Sir.
活的动物?我还不知道我们要带活的动物,先生。
On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as shakespeare, wrote these words, Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. This good advice shows how it is possible to read