prophecy
英 ['prɒfɪsɪ]
美 ['prɑfəsi]
語源
prophecy 預言名詞、prophet, prophet, -cy, 抽象名詞接尾辞から。
英語の語源
- prophecy (n.)
- c. 1200, prophecie, prophesie, "function of a prophet," from Old French profecie (12c. Modern French prophétie) and directly from Late Latin prophetia (source also of Spanish profecia, Italian profezia), from Greek propheteia "gift of interpreting the will of the gods," from prophetes (see prophet). Meaning "thing spoken or written by a prophet" is from c. 1300.
例文
- 1. Fear of failure can become a self-fulfilling prophecy .
- 失敗が本当に失敗につながることを恐れています。
- 2.The youth,too,fulfilled the prophecy .
- その若者は、同様に、予言を的中させた。
- 3.If you expect to fail,you will fail.It 's a self-fulfilling prophecy .
- 失敗を予期すると失敗します。これは自己適格な予測です。
<dl><dt>4.Apollo was the Greek god of the arts,
prophecy ,medicine and light.
アポロはギリシャ神話における芸術、予言、医薬、光明を司る神である。- 5.A prophet made a prophecy that the kingdom would fall.
- ある予言者はその王国が滅びると予言した。
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