c. 1200, prophecie, prophesie, "function of a prophet," from Old French profecie (12c. Modern French prophétie) and directly from Late Latin prophetia (source also of Spanish profecia, Italian profezia), from Greek propheteia "gift of interpreting the will of the gods," from prophetes (see prophet). Meaning "thing spoken or written by a prophet" is from c. 1300.
实用例句
1. Fear of failure can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
害怕失败可能会真的导致失败。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The youth, too, fulfilled the prophecy.
那个年轻人，同样地，让预言说中了。
来自柯林斯例句
3. If you expect to fail, you will fail. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy .
你如果预期失败，就会失败。这是一种自我应验的预测。
来自《权威词典》
4. Apollo was the Greek god of the arts, prophecy, medicine and light.
阿波罗是希腊神话中主管艺术 、 预言 、 医药和光明之神.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. A prophet made a prophecy that the kingdom would fall.