prophet
noun /ˈprɒfɪt/
/ˈprɑːfɪt/
Idioms - [countable] (in the Christian, Jewish and Muslim religions) a person sent by God to teach the people and give them messages from God
(基督教、犹太教和伊斯兰教的)先知 - Some believe that he was not a true prophet.
有人认为他不是真正的预言家。 - The Bible also warns of false prophets.
圣经也警告假先知。
Homophones profit | prophetprofit prophet/ˈprɒfɪt//ˈprɑːfɪt/- profit noun
- She's only interested in making a quick profit.
她只对快速获利感兴趣。
- She's only interested in making a quick profit.
- profit verb
- Patents allowed inventors to profit from ownership of their inventions.
专利允许发明者从其发明的所有权中获利。
- Patents allowed inventors to profit from ownership of their inventions.
- prophet noun
- With his long white beard, he looks like an Old Testament prophet.
他留着长长的白胡子,看起来像旧约先知。
- With his long white beard, he looks like an Old Testament prophet.
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- false
- true
- great
- …
- a prophet of doom
- Some believe that he was not a true prophet.
- the Prophet[singular] Muhammad, who founded the religion of Islam
Topics Religion and festivalsc2先知穆罕默德(伊斯兰教的创始人) - [countable] a person who claims to know what will happen in the future
预言家;预言者 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- false
- true
- great
- …
- a prophet of doom
- [countable] prophet (of something) a person who teaches or supports a new idea, theory, etc.
倡导者;拥护者;鼓吹者 - William Morris was one of the early prophets of socialism.
威廉 · 莫里斯是社会主义的早期传播者之一。
- William Morris was one of the early prophets of socialism.
- the Prophets[plural] the name used for some books of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Bible
Topics Religion and festivalsc2(《〈圣经〉旧约》和《希伯来圣经》中的)先知书
词源Middle English: from Old French prophete, via Latin from Greek prophētēs ‘spokesman’, from pro ‘before’ + phētēs ‘speaker’ (from phēnai ‘speak’).
Idioms
prophet of doom | doom merchant
- a person who predicts that things will go very badly
末日预言者 - The prophets of doom who said television would kill off the book were wrong.
认为电视会扼杀书籍的悲观预言家完全错了。
- The prophets of doom who said television would kill off the book were wrong.