soothsayer
占卜者
常用释义
英音[ ˈsuːθseɪə(r) ]
美音[ ˈsuːθseɪər ]
变形
复数:
soothsayers
基本释义
- n. 算命者；预言者
例句
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1·The peasant answered, "I have a soothsayer inside it."农夫回答说：“我有个预言家在里面。”
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2·2 the hero and warrior, the judge and prophet, the soothsayer and elder.除掉勇士，和战士，审判官，和先知，占卜的，和长老。
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3·You are the son of a Mayan soothsayer or holy man, living near the city of Copan in about AD 710.你是一名玛雅占卜师的儿子，你们生活在公元710年的科潘·玛雅古城附近。
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4·The great soothsayer von Rumsfeld has a wide range of methods that he uses to foretell future events.伟大的占卜者范·拉姆斯菲尔德拥有众多可以预测未来事件的方法。
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5·One doesn't have to search through ancient texts and soothsayer pronouncements to find more modern apocalyptic visions.人不用遍寻古籍和占卜者的豪言，去找到更现代的天启景象。
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6·It is less known perhaps that a favourite soothsayer is “a tiny, hunched deaf-mute in her mid-forties”, widely known as “ET”.较少人知道的大概是一位出色的预言家是“一个微不足道的四五十岁的聋哑人”，被人们广泛成为“外星人”。
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7·Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.那时以色列人在所杀的人中，也用刀杀了比珥的儿子术士巴兰。
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8·Soothsayer Tang enters in tattered shoes, wearing a very long and very filthy cotton gown, some scraps of paper tucked behind one ear.唐铁嘴踏拉着鞋，身穿一件极长极脏的大布衫，耳上夹着几张小纸片，进来。
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9·I am not a soothsayer, but if you get your selling and marketing efforts right, you will achieve astronomical results beyond your wildest projections.我不是一个预言家，但如果你让您的销售和营销努力，你将达到天文数字的结果超出您荒凉的预测。
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10·Bird bones have also been used in divination throughout history, with a supposed soothsayer throwing the bones and reading their patterns to predict the future.历史上鸟骨也常用于占卜，一个假定的占卜者扔下骨头，然后以骨头落地的形状来预测未来。
同根词
词根：
soothsayer
soothsaying
n
预言；占卜
soothsaying
v
预言（soothsay的ing形式）