"prognostication" in Chinese (Simplified)
预言预测
Definition
预言是指基于知识或分析，对未来将发生的事情所作的预测或判断。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
该词正式，多用于学术、文学或专业领域，如气象、经济或神秘预测。日常用语更常用“预测”。不要与“诊断”混淆，后者指对当前状况的判断。
Examples
The expert's prognostication was that the storm would arrive by nightfall.
专家的**预言**是暴风雨将在夜幕降临前到来。
His prognostication surprised everyone at the meeting.
他的**预言**让会议上的每个人都很惊讶。
The weather report gave a gloomy prognostication for the weekend.
天气报告对周末给出了悲观的**预测**。
Financial prognostications are rarely one hundred percent accurate.
金融**预测**很少百分之百准确。
Despite all the expert prognostications, nobody saw such rapid change coming.
尽管有专家的各种**预言**，仍然没有人预料到如此迅速的变化。
People often seek prognostications about their future from astrologers.
人们常常向占星师寻求对未来的**预言**。