soothsayer

美 [ˈsuːθseɪər]英 [ˈsuːθseɪə(r)]
  • n.占卜者;预言者

复数: soothsayers

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noun

old use占卜者;预言者
a person who is believed to be able to tell what will happen in the future

soothsayer

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    N-COUNT 预言者;预测未来者;占卜者
    In former times, soothsayers were people who believed they could see into the future and say what was going to happen.

noun

1
someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
Synonym: forecaster predictor prognosticator

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  1. A soothsayer in my village says I 'll find a sword .

    村里的一个占卜者说,我会找到一把剑。

  2. People in Guatemala watched their soothsayer 's left leg ; if the right leg muscles twitched , the future looked bright .

    危地马拉人算命时眼睛盯着占卜者的左腿:如果右腿的肌肉颤动,那就表示前途光明。

  3. Set the soothsayer free . She 's no use to me .

    把羊仙姑放走吧,她对我也没用了。

  4. the ladles would point the direction to inner harmony for ancient Chinese soothsayers .

    而杓也为中国古代的占卜者们指明了方向,助其走向内心的和谐与安宁。

  5. You were wrong , Soothsayer . We sail to victory tonight .

    你错了,羊仙姑,今夜我们就将驶向胜利。

  6. She believes in whatever soothsayers tell her .

    算命的无论告诉他什麽她都深信不疑。

  7. the young sang songs , but the old told fairy tales of mountain-sprites and soothsayers .

    这时年轻人唱着山歌,老年人讲着关于小鬼和妖精的童话。

  8. Shen 's troubled parents consulted a soothsayer .

    沈的父母向一位占卜师求教。

  9. Balaam also the son of Beer the soothsayer , the children of Israel slew with the sword among the rest that were slain .

    以色列子民杀这些人时,也用刀杀了贝敖尔的儿子巴郎术士。

  10. Lord Keynes paid tribute to his far-seeing colleagues , who had performed a task appropriate'to the prophet and to the soothsayer .

    凯恩斯爵士向富有远见的同僚们表示感谢,说他们完成了预言家或先知才能做到的事。

  11. Go not aside after wizards , neither ask any thing of soothsayers , to be defiled by them : I am the Lord your God .

    不可去探询亡魂,亦不可寻问占卜者,而为他们所玷污:我,上主是你们的天主。

  12. But the woman said to him , look , you know what Saul has done , that he has cut off the mediums and the soothsayers from the land .

    妇人对他说,看哪,你知道扫罗所作的,他已将交鬼的和行巫术的从这地剪除。

  13. A crowd of soothsayers , magicians , and quacks armed with rings , hooks , and cords surrounded it .

    一群手持戒指、铁钩、绳索的巫师、道士、江湖郎中包围着他。

  14. As a historical recorder of the Pre-Qin Dynasty , historiographer has a very long period of transition and development . The historiographer evolved from soothsayer and hierophant .

    作为先秦历史的记录者,史官有一个漫长的发展演变过程。

  15. Balaam also the son of Beor , the soothsayer , did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them .

    那时以色列人在所杀的人中,也用刀杀了比珥的儿子术士巴兰。

  16. The aquarium where Paul lived first mooted the idea of erecting a memorial to the octopus after his death last year and now the soothsayer 's legacy has been enshrined with the permanent monument .

    据悉,在世界杯期间饲养章鱼保罗的水族馆为了“纪念保罗”,当然不可避免有让这个“生财工具”继续招财的嫌疑,水族馆为章鱼保罗在德国搭建了永远的纪念馆。

  17. The soul that shall go aside after magicians , and soothsayers , and shall commit fornication with them , I will set my face against that soul , and destroy it out of the midst of its people .

    若有人去求问亡魂和占卜者,跟随他们行邪法,我必板起脸来与这人作对,将他由民间铲除。

  18. Daniel answered in the presence of the king , and said , The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men , the astrologers , the magicians , the soothsayers , shew unto the king ;

    但以理在王面前回答说,王所问的那奥秘事,哲士,用法术的,术士,观兆的都不能告诉王。