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prophesy that + clause
She prophesied that the team would win the championship.
她预言这支球队会赢得冠军。
预言；预告
prophesies — third person singular of prophesy
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
预言；预告
To say what will happen in the future; to predict or foretell.
She prophesied that the team would win the championship.
她预言这支球队会赢得冠军。
凭神启说话或写作；作先知。
To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet.
预言；预告(不论有无神启)。
To predict, to foretell (with or without divine inspiration).
预示；预告；预表。
To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
受圣灵感动宣讲圣经；传道。
To speak out on the Bible as an expression of holy inspiration; to preach.
prophesy
Base
原形
prophesies
3rd person
第三人称单数
prophesying
-ing
现在分词
prophesied
Past
过去式
prophesied
Past participle
过去分词
She prophesies a bright future for the company.
她预言公司前景光明。
The prophet prophesied a great flood last year.
那位先知去年预言了一场大洪水。
They have prophesied many events that have come true.
他们预言了许多已经成真的事件。
规则动词，注意第三人称单数形式为prophesies。
The ancient oracle prophesied that a great flood would destroy the city.
古代的神谕预言一场大洪水将毁灭这座城市。
Many economists are prophesying a recession next year.
许多经济学家预言明年将出现经济衰退。
Who can prophesy what the future holds?
谁能预言未来会怎样？
She prophesied that the team would win the championship.
她预言这支球队会赢得冠军。
prophesy 是动词，其名词形式为 prophecy，注意拼写区别。
The old man prophesied a terrible war.
那位老人预言了一场可怕的战争。
No one can prophesy what the future holds.
没有人能预言未来会发生什么。
Not this
The ancient text contains a prophesy about the end of the world.
Use this
The ancient text contains a prophecy about the end of the world.
prophesy 是动词，意为“预言”；名词“预言”是 prophecy，拼写和读音都不同。句中作 contains 的宾语，必须用名词 prophecy。
Not this
She prophecied that the team would win.
Use this
She prophesied that the team would win.
prophecy 是名词，不能直接当动词用；对应的动词是 prophesy，过去式是 prophesied。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
预言未来
Many soothsayers claimed to prophesy the future.
许多占卜者声称能预言未来。
预言厄运
The report prophesied doom for the housing market.
这份报告预言房地产市场将遭遇厄运。
预言世界末日
He became famous when he prophesied the end of the world.
他因预言世界末日而出了名。
预言胜利
The general prophesied victory before the battle.
将军在战前预言将取得胜利。
预言自己的死亡
She prophesied her own death in a dream.
她在梦中预言了自己的死亡。
预言…将遭灾
The prophet prophesied against the corrupt king.
先知预言那腐败的国王将遭灾。
事后诸葛亮；马后炮
It is easy to prophesy after the event.
事后预言是很容易的。
你们的儿女将会说预言。
The elder prophesied that the city would fall in the spring.
这位长者预言城市将在春天陷落。
Use prophesies naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想 prophet（先知）开口说话：先知口中说出的就是预言 prophesy。注意动词词尾 -sy 读 /saɪ/，与名词 prophecy 的 /si/ 区别。
语域：formal 常见场景：宗教经典与布道、文学或历史叙述、正式书面语 通常用于正式或书面语，多出现在宗教、文学或历史语境中；日常口语中较少使用。若想表达一般意义上的‘预测’，更常用 predict。
押韵词：sigh /saɪ/、why /waɪ/、try /traɪ/、by /baɪ/、die /daɪ/ 都与 prophesy 的词尾 /saɪ/ 押韵。注意拼写易混词：prophecy 读 /ˈprɒfəsi/（名词），结尾是 /si/，与动词 prophesy /ˈprɒfəsaɪ/ 的 /saɪ/ 不同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.