It is virtually impossible to predict the future accurately.

精确预言未来的事实际上是办不到的。

The economists predicted an increase in the rate of inflation.

经济学家预言通货膨胀率将会增长。

The earthquake had been predicted several months before.

这次地震早在几个月以前就发布了预报。

It is impossible to predict what will happen.

预知未来的事是不可能的。

I can predict something with great accuracy.

我能很准确地预测某事。

a reliable method of predicting earthquakes

预报地震的可靠方法

Nobody could predict the outcome.

谁也无法预料结果如何。

It is impossible to predict what will happen.

预知未来的事是不可能的。

She predicted (that) the election result would be close.

她预言选举结果将很接近。

It was predicted that inflation would continue to fall.

据预报，通货膨胀率将继续下降。

The trial is predicted to last for months.

预料审讯将持续数月之久。

The latest opinion polls are predicting a very close contest...

最近的民意测验预测竞争将会非常激烈。

He predicted that my hair would grow back 'in no time'...

他预言我的头发“一眨眼”就会长回来。

Whether this will be successful or not is still difficult to predict.

成败利钝尚难逆料.

A correlation to predict the entrance length is developed.

论文给出了壁面切应力进口段长度的预测关联式.

However, the slow process of traditional breeding, the result is often difficult to predict.

但是传统的育种过程缓慢, 结果常常难以预料.

It is of great importance to predict the spreading peak of schistosomiasis.

对血吸虫病蔓延高峰期的预测具有深远的意义.

When it comes to Uranus, you can never accurately predict the outcome.

当它来到天王星, 你永远也不能准确地预言结果.

It is very difficult at this juncture to predict the company's future.

此时很难预料公司的前景.

No one had enough foresight to predict the winner.

谁也没有足够的先见能预测哪一个获胜.

This cynicism makes today's young people hard to predict.

这种愤世嫉俗的人生观使当今的年轻人难以揣摩.

Birth rates are notoriously difficult to predict.

众所周知,出生率是很难预测的.

It's hard to predict how things will turn out.

事情还不定怎样呢.

It is ridiculously absurd to predict that the sun will not rise tomorrow.

预言明天太阳将不会升起是荒唐可笑的.

Statisticians predict a fall in unemployment by 2004.

统计学家们预测2004年失业率会下降.

It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue.

预言这次对话可能有什么结果为时尚早.

Most of the sports critics predict that the West Indias will win the match, but that's a matter of opinion and I still think England has a good chance.

大多数体育评论家预言,西印度群岛将赢得这场比赛的胜利, 但各人有各人的看法,我始终认为英格兰队会获胜.

I cannot predict when to meet her again.

我无法预测什么时候会再见到她.

It is ridiculous to predict that the sun will not rise tomorrow.

预言明天太阳将不升起是荒唐可笑的.

We can't predict the outcome. There are too many imponderables.

我们无法预测结果，难以预料的情况太多了。

It will be many years before anyone can predict a hurricane's behavior with much accuracy.

要能够相当准确地预测出飓风的特性尚需多年。

The test can accurately predict what a bigger explosion would do.

该试验能准确地预测一次更大爆炸的威力。

A canny investor would need to predict when the dollar will once more start tumbling.

精明的投资者需要预计到美元何时会再次大跌。

I predict it will run and run.

我估计这会一直延续下去。

用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

1. It is hard to predict.
   很难预料。
2. This cynicism makes today's young people hard to predict.
   这种愤世嫉俗的人生观使当今的年轻人难以揣摩。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

1. They predicted great things for the boy.
   他们预言这孩子有出息。
2. Some fortune-tellers say that they can predict future events.
   一些算命者说他们能够预言将来发生的事情。
3. The economists predicted an increase in the rate of inflation.
   经济学家们预计通货膨胀率将会上升。
4. Astronomers can predict an eclipse.
   天文学家们能够预测日〔月〕食。
5. The weather bureau predicts rain for tomorrow.
   气象局预告明天有雨。
6. Early snow predicts bumper harvest.
   瑞雪兆丰年。
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7. The return of the comet has been predicted.
   已预告过那颗彗星将会再次出现。
8. In this way literature is always moving on, and to something that can't be predicted.
   就是这样,文学永远在发展,并且前途不可预测。

S+～+sb's v -ing

1. I predicted their getting into trouble.
   我料到他们会倒霉。

S+～+that-clause

1. She predicted that he would marry a doctor.
   她预言他会同一位医生结婚。
2. They predicted that the next year would be a good harvest.
   他们预言下一年将是大丰收年。
3. An expert has predicted that there will be an earthquake in the near future.
   一位专家预言不久会有地震。
4. His teacher predicted that he has considerable potentials.
   他的老师预言他很有潜力可挖。
5. He predicted that I would lose money on the deal, and in a way he was right.
   他预言我这次买卖会亏本,他多少说对了。
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6. It has been predicted that there will be another typhoon.
   已预报过又有一次台风要来。

S+～+wh-clause

1. Who can predict how the elections will turn out?
   谁能预料选举结果会怎样?
2. It's hard to predict when it will happen.
   很难预见这件事何时发生。

～+名词

• predict%20a%20bad%20fortune">predict a bad fortune预感要遭厄运
• predict%20a%20good%20harvest">predict a good harvest预言会有个好收成
• predict%20rain">predict rain预告有雨

～+副词

• predict%20boldly">predict boldly大胆地预言
• predict%20confidently">predict confidently很有信心地预言
• predict%20correctly">predict correctly正确地预言
• predict%20darkly">predict darkly秘密地预言
• predict%20dismally">predict dismally沮丧地预测
• predict%20miraculously">predict miraculously奇迹般地预言
• predict%20mournfully">predict mournfully令人伤心地预示
• predict%20safely">predict safely稳妥地预言

～+介词

• predict%20sth%20for%20tomorrow">predict sth for tomorrow预告明天会〔有〕…
• predict%20from%20pure%20conjecture">predict from pure conjecture纯凭猜测预言

• She had predicted the direst consequences if her son persisted in 'this mad folly'.

  出自：W. March

• His tutors predicted that he would be lucky to get a third.

  出自：A. Brookner

v.(动词)

1. predict的基本意思是“预言”“预测”“预示”,指根据事实或公认的自然法则推理而得,常指在预言时具有科学的准确性。
2. predict可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时可接名词、代词、动名词或that从句作宾语。可用于被动结构。

1. predict意为“预言”，“预告”，指将来有可能发生但是现在尚未发生的事情，因此谓语时态要迟一步于主语时态。

v.(动词)

predict, augur, forebode, forecast, foretell, presage, prognosticate, prophesy

这组词都有“预言,预示”的意思。其区别是：

foretell强调预告即将发生的事情,而不暗示这种预告是否有依据或消息的来源是否可靠; predict指根据事实或自然规律进行推断后作出预告,暗示有科学的准确性; forecast指对未来的预报、推测或设想,强调最终可能产生的结果,尤指天气预报; prophesy指受灵感启示而作出预言,暗示有较强的自信; prognosticate指根据前兆或症状预知、预测; augur指靠占卜预言未来的吉凶祸福; presage指预示,其中, presage可指好、坏或不好不坏的事; forebode指不祥的预感。

• ☆ 1623进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的prdicatus：pr (提前） + dicatus (说），意为预言。