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词汇 prophet
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prophet

noun
/ˈprɒfɪt/
/ˈprɑːfɪt/
Idioms
  1. [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。
    Topics Religion and festivalsc2
    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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • false
    • true
    • great
    phrases
    • a prophet of doom
  2. the Prophet
    [singular] Muhammad, who founded the religion of Islam先知穆罕默德(伊斯兰教的创始人)Topics Religion and festivalsc2
  3. [countable] a person who claims to know what will happen in the future预言家;预言者
    Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • false
    • true
    • great
    phrases
    • a prophet of doom
  4. [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。
  5. the Prophets
    [plural] the name used for some books of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Bible(《〈圣经〉旧约》和《希伯来圣经》中的)先知书Topics Religion and festivalsc2
  6. 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
  1. 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。
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