[with obj.]say that (a specified thing) will happen in the future 预言,预告;预知 Jacques was prophesying a bumper harvest. 雅克预言有一场大丰收。 [with clause]the papers prophesied that he would resign after the weekend. 报纸预测他会在周末过后辞职。 ■[no obj.]speak or write by divine inspiration; act as a prophet 受神启示而说(或写);作为先知 when a man prophesies, it is because the Spirit of the Lord comes upon him. 人在预言时,那是因为圣灵降临到他身上。
派生 prophesier noun 语源
Middle English: from Old French profecier, from profecie (see prophecy). The differentiation of the spellings prophesy and prophecy as verb and noun was not established until after 1700