prediction
noun OPAL W
/prɪˈdɪkʃn/
/prɪˈdɪkʃn/
[countable, uncountable]- a statement that says what you think will happen; the act of making such a statement
预言；预测；预告 - The results of the experiment confirmed our predictions.
实验结果证实了我们的预测。 - prediction about/on something I've learned not to make predictions about the weather.
我已经吸取教训，不再预测天气了。 - It's difficult to make accurate predictions about the effects on the environment.
很难准确预测对环境产生的影响。 - Experts preview the game and offer their prediction on the outcome.
专家们预演游戏，并对结果做出预测。 - prediction that… Not many people agree with the government's prediction that the economy will improve.
没有多少人赞同政府认为经济将会有所改善的预测。 - prediction of something Their prediction of fifty million visitors turned out to be optimistic.
他们对五千万游客的预测结果是乐观的。 - prediction for somebody/something What are your predictions for the economy?
你对经济有什么预测？ - Skilled readers make use of context and prediction.
阅读能力强的人会利用上下文及推测来理解文意。
Collocations Scientific researchScientific research科学研究 理论 - formulate/advance a theory/hypothesis
创立理论；提出假设 - build/construct/create/develop a simple/theoretical/mathematical model
创立一个简单／理论／数学模型 - develop/establish/provide/use a theoretical/conceptual framework
创立／建立／提供／使用理论／概念框架 - advance/argue/develop the thesis that…
提出／论证／详尽阐述…的论题 - explore an idea/a concept/a hypothesis
探讨一个想法／概念／假设 - make a prediction/an inference
预测；推断 - base a prediction/your calculations on something
基于…做出预测／估算 - investigate/evaluate/accept/challenge/reject a theory/hypothesis/model
研究／评估／接受／质疑／拒绝接受一个理论／假设／模型
实验 - design an experiment/a questionnaire/a study/a test
设计一项实验／问卷／研究／测试 - do research/an experiment/an analysis
做研究／实验／分析 - make observations/measurements/calculations
观察；测量；计算 - carry out/conduct/perform an experiment/a test/a longitudinal study/observations/clinical trials
进行实验／测试／纵向研究／观察／临床试验 - run an experiment/a simulation/clinical trials
进行实验／模拟／临床试验 - repeat an experiment/a test/an analysis
重做实验／测试／分析 - replicate a study/the results/the findings
做相同的研究；得出同样的结果／调查结果 - observe/study/examine/investigate/assess a pattern/a process/a behaviour
- fund/support the research/project/study
资助／支持研究／项目／专题研究 - seek/provide/get/secure funding for research
寻求／提供／得到／争取到研究资金
结果 - collect/gather/extract data/information
收集／提取数据／信息 - yield data/evidence/similar findings/the same results
得到数据／证据／类似调查结果／相同结果 - analyse/examine the data/soil samples/a specimen
分析／考查数据／土壤样本／样本 - consider/compare/interpret the results/findings
思考／比较／解释结果／调查结果 - fit the data/model
与数据／模型相符合 - confirm/support/verify a prediction/a hypothesis/the results/the findings
证实／支持／核实预测／假设／结果／调查结果 - prove a conjecture/hypothesis/theorem
证明猜测／假设／定理 - draw/make/reach the same conclusions
得出同样的结论 - read/review the records/literature
阅读／评论记录／文献 - describe/report an experiment/a study
描述／报告一项实验／研究 - present/publish/summarize the results/findings
提交／公布／总结结果／调查结果 - present/publish/read/review/cite a paper in a scientific journal
向科学杂志提交一篇论文；在科学杂志发表一篇论文；阅读／评论／引用科学杂志上的一篇论文
Language Bank expectexpectDiscussing predictions谈论预测 - By 2050, one in six people on the planet will be aged 65 or over.
到2050年，地球上每六个人中就有一个年龄在65岁或以上。
- By 2050, one in six people on the planet will be aged 65 or over.
- The number of people globally aged 65 and over is expected/likely to more than double by 2050.
到2050年，全球65岁及以上的人口预计/可能翻一番以上。
- The number of people globally aged 65 and over is expected/likely to more than double by 2050.
- Experts have predicted/forecast that the over-65s will make up 17 per cent of the global population by 2050.
专家预测，到2050年，65岁以上的人口将占全球人口的17%。
- Experts have predicted/forecast that the over-65s will make up 17 per cent of the global population by 2050.
- World population is set to reach 9.8 billion by 2050.
到2050年，世界人口将达到98亿。
- World population is set to reach 9.8 billion by 2050.
- Net migration into Britain over the last decade was higher than expected.
过去十年英国的净移民人数高于预期。
- Net migration into Britain over the last decade was higher than expected.
- Overall population growth in Britain has been in line with predictions.
英国的总体人口增长与预测一致。
- Overall population growth in Britain has been in line with predictions.
Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyb1- It turned out my prediction was right.
结果证明我的预测是正确的。 - Let me get your predictions on the final score.
告诉我你对最后比分的预测吧。 - Despite earlier dire predictions, shares remained steady.
尽管早先有一些不祥的预言，股价依旧稳定。 - In this study, we made no specific predictions about likely outcomes.
在这项研究中，我们没有对可能的结果作具体的预测。 - Six hundred workers there lost their jobs today, amid gloomy predictions that there could be worse to come.
今天那里有 600 名工人丢了工作，同时还有各种悲观的传言说更糟的还在后面。 - The sales results exceeded even the most optimistic predictions.
销售业绩甚至超过了最乐观的预测。 - Their success defies the predictions made by most experts.
他们的成功使大多数专家的预测落空。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- accurate
- correct
- good
- …
- make
- give
- offer
- …
- prove something
- turn out to be something
- be borne out
- …
- amid predictions
- contrary to a/the prediction
- despite a/the prediction
- …
词源mid 16th cent.: from Latin praedictio(n-), from praedicere ‘make known beforehand’, from prae ‘beforehand’ + dicare ‘make known’. - The results of the experiment confirmed our predictions.