单词 | prophet |
释义 | prophet UK ['prɒf.ɪt] US ['prɑ:.fɪt] noun countable ■a person who is believed to have a special power which allows them to say what a god wishes to tell people, especially about things that will happen in the future 预言家,先知 •an Old Testament prophet《圣经•旧约》中的先知 •Let us hear the words of the prophet Isaiah on the coming of the Prince of Peace.让我们聆听先知以赛亚关于和平之王来临的预言。 ■a person who supports a new system of beliefs and principles 宣扬者,宣导者•Rousseau, that great prophet of the modern age卢梭,当代伟大的宣导者 the Prophet ■Mohammed, the man who made Islam known to the world through the Koran 穆罕默德(伊斯兰教创始人) UK ['prɒf.ɪt] US ['prɑ:.fɪt] noun countable prophet of doom disapproving ■someone who always expects bad things to happen 悲观的预言者 •The prophets of doom have been predicting the end of European cinema for the last ten years.那些悲观的预言者过去十年里一直在预言欧洲电影的末日。 |
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