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prophet/ˈprɒfit/n. (fem. prophetess /-tis/) 1 a teacher or interpreter of the supposed will of God, esp. any of the Old Testament or Hebrew prophets 先知；神的代言人(尤指《圣经·旧约》中或希伯莱的先知) 2a a person who foretells events 预言家 b a person who advocates and speaks innovatively for a cause 倡导者；鼓吹者 a prophet of the new order 新秩序的倡导者 3 (作 the Prophet)a Muhammad 穆罕默德 b Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormons, or one of his successors (摩门教创始人)约瑟夫·史密斯(或其继承人) 4 (作 the Prophets)a the prophetic writings of the Old Testament 《圣经·旧约》的先知书 b one of the three canonical divisions of the Hebrew Bible (cf. 参见 LAW n. 12b, WRITING 4) 希伯莱文《圣经》的三大教规派别之一 5 colloq. a tipster [口]情报贩子 □ prophethood n.□ prophetism n.[Middle English via Old French prophete and Latin propheta, prophetes from Greek prophētēs ‘spokesman’ (as PRO-2, phētēs ‘speaker’ from phēmi ‘speak’)] |