Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #4739
divine
凭直觉发现；洞察；猜到
To discover, guess, or perceive (something) by intuition or insight.
- 1.
To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.
(尤指通过占卜)预言
- 2.
To guess or discover (something) through intuition or insight.
凭直觉或洞察力猜测或发现
- 3.
To search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod.
用探矿杖探测(地下物体或水源)
- 4.
perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers
直观感知或通过某种不可解释的感知能力
- 5.
To render divine; to deify.
使神圣化；奉为神明
预言；占卜出；用占卜杖探测（地下水源或矿藏）；使神圣化；神化；(尤指通过占卜)预言；凭直觉或洞察力猜测或发现
In use
She divined his true intentions from his subtle body language.
The old shaman claimed he could divine the future by reading the stars.
He tried to divine the answer to the riddle, but it remained a mystery.
divine + noun
She claimed she could divine the future.
她声称自己能预知未来。
divine + that clause
that从句使用陈述语气。
He divined that the plan would fail.
他预感到这个计划会失败。
divine + wh-clause
Can you divine what she is thinking?
Connections
Collocations
- divine the truth
- 洞察真相
- She seemed to divine the truth from his evasive answers.她似乎从他含糊的回答中洞察了真相。
- divine someone's intentions
- 揣测某人的意图
- He couldn't divine her intentions from her cryptic message.他无法从她 cryptic 的消息中揣测她的意图。
- divine the future
- 预知未来
- The oracle claimed to divine the future by reading the stars.神谕声称通过观星预知未来。
- divine the meaning
- 领会含义
- It took me a while to divine the meaning of his poem.我花了一段时间才领会他诗中的含义。
- divine the answer
- 猜出答案
- She somehow divined the answer before the question was finished.她不知怎地在问题还没说完时就猜出了答案。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
divine 音似'地外'，想象外星人用直觉感知地球（divine地球的秘密）。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：literary、spiritual、intuitive 该义项比较正式，多用于文学、宗教或神秘主义语境中，描述一种超越常规感知的直觉或洞察。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with divine's verb pronunciation /dɪvaɪn/, sharing the /aɪn/ sound. Words like 'machine' (/məˈʃiːn/) are lookalikes that sound different.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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