prognostications

英 [prəgˌnɒstɪˈkeɪʃənz]

美 [prɑgˌnɑstəˈkeɪʃənz]

n.  预言; 预告; 预报
prognostication的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 预言；预测
  Aprognosticationis a statement about what you think will happen in the future.
  1. The country is currently obsessed with gloomy prognostications about its future.
     该国现在正弥漫着对未来的悲观预测。

双语例句

• It's once again that time of year that marks the "silly season" of technology prognostications.
  现在又是每年缺乏关于技术预测的时间了。
• The prognostications may possibly turn out to be true, or perhaps the only thing we have to fear are the fears of journalists themselves.
  预言可能会成真的，或者，也许我们最需要感到害怕的是新闻工作者自己的恐惧。
• The country is currently obsessed with gloomy prognostications about its future.
  该国现在正弥漫着对未来的悲观预测。
• Given the nature of their prognostications, the animals have trouble calling a tie.
  鉴于预测预测事物的天性，动物们无法预测平局情况的发生。
• But history suggests we should cast a critical eye over these prognostications.
  但历史表明，我们应该以挑剔的态度来看待这些预言。
• In a recent presentation, the regulator's technical advisors compared "dire predictions" about the scarcity of spectrum to Thomas Malthus's grim prognostications in1798 about the scarcity of food.
  有人预测无线频谱将成为稀缺资源。最近，相关部门的技术顾问将这一“不详预言”比做托马斯•马尔萨斯预言。1798年，马尔萨斯曾预言食品将成为稀缺物资。
• Mr Potier admits his plans for growth are out of kilter with the gloomy prognostications from many economists linked to the credit crunch and problems affecting the banking sector about the short-term economic outlook.
  博天承认，自己的增长计划与许多经济学家对于短期经济前景的悲观预期不太合拍他们的预期与信贷紧缩和目前影响银行业的一些问题有关。
• The appearances of the middle sky afford him prognostications of weather.
  中层天空的现象给他提供天气预报。
• Media accounts of fund managers 'prognostications are often mentioned along with their assets under management, as if that were a gauge of how seriously they should be taken.
  媒体在报道基金管理机构的预测时，往往会同时提及它们管理下的资产规模，仿佛这是衡量其预测严肃性的一个标杆。
• There are enough feedback loops in the climate to make all prognostications unreliable.
  气候方面有着太多的反馈漏洞，足以使所有预测变得不可靠。