prognosticate
prognosticateverb- [with obj.]foretell or prophesy (an event in the future)
预言,预示
the economists were prognosticating financial Armageddon.
经济学家预言将有一场金融大决战。
派生prognosticatornounprognosticatoryadjective语源- late Middle English: from medieval Latin prognosticat-, from the verb prognosticare 'make a prediction' (see prognostic)
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