pre·dict
verb OPAL WOPAL S
/prɪˈdɪkt/
/prɪˈdɪkt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they predict | /prɪˈdɪkt/ /prɪˈdɪkt/ |
| he / she / it predicts | /prɪˈdɪkts/ /prɪˈdɪkts/ |
| past simple predicted | /prɪˈdɪktɪd/ /prɪˈdɪktɪd/ |
| past participle predicted | /prɪˈdɪktɪd/ /prɪˈdɪktɪd/ |
| -ing form predicting | /prɪˈdɪktɪŋ/ /prɪˈdɪktɪŋ/ |
- to say that something will happen in the future
预言；预告；预报 - predict something 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。 - to predict the future
预测未来 - He predicts a bright future for the business in the next financial year.
他预计下一个财政年度的业务前景光明。 - The party is predicting a majority of 20 seats.
该党预计获得 20 个席位的多数席位。 - predict what, whether, etc… It is impossible to predict what will happen.
未来的事不可能预知。 - predict (that)… She predicted (that) the election result would be close.
她预言选举结果将很接近。 - He predicted (that) it would be a smash hit.
他预测这将是一个红极一时的作品。 - it is predicted that… It was predicted that inflation would continue to fall.
据预报，通货膨胀率将继续下降。 - somebody/something is predicted to do something The trial is predicted to last for months.
预料审讯将持续数月之久。 - This figure is predicted to rise to one billion by the year 2015.
预计到 2015 年，这一数字将增至 10 亿。
Language Bank expectexpectDiscussing predictions- By 2050, one in six people on the planet will be aged 65 or over.
到 2050 年，地球上六分之一的人将年龄在 65 岁或以上。
- By 2050, one in six people on the planet will be aged 65 or over.
- The number of people globally aged 65 and over is expected/likely to more than double by 2050.
到 2050 年，全球 65 岁及以上的人口数量预计/可能会增加一倍以上。
- The number of people globally aged 65 and over is expected/likely to more than double by 2050.
- Experts have predicted/forecast that the over-65s will make up 17 per cent of the global population by 2050.
专家预测，到 2050 年，65 岁以上人口将占全球人口的 17%。
- Experts have predicted/forecast that the over-65s will make up 17 per cent of the global population by 2050.
- World population is set to reach 9.8 billion by 2050.
到 2050 年，世界人口预计将达到 98 亿。
- World population is set to reach 9.8 billion by 2050.
- Net migration into Britain over the last decade was higher than expected.
过去十年英国的净移民数量高于预期。
- Net migration into Britain over the last decade was higher than expected.
- Overall population growth in Britain has been in line with predictions.
英国的总体人口增长符合预测。
- Overall population growth in Britain has been in line with predictions.
Extra ExamplesTopics Doubt, guessing and certaintya2- Every step in the movie is easily predicted.
这部电影的每一步都不难预测。 - Few would have dared to predict such a landslide victory.
几乎没有人敢预言会有这样压倒性的胜利。 - You cannot predict the weather with absolute accuracy.
你不可能绝对准确地预测天气。 - Newton's theories allow us to predict the flight of a ball.
牛顿的理论让我们可以预测球体的飞行路线。 - It is still too early to predict the degree to which prices will rise.
预测价格上涨的幅度还为时尚早。 - It is not possible to predict with any certainty what effect this will have.
不可能确切地预测到这会带来怎样的后果。 - We can predict with absolute confidence how the newspapers will react.
我们可以绝对有把握地预测报纸会如何反应。 - I think I can safely predict that they will fight the verdict.
我想我可以有把握地预测他们将对这一判决提出抗诉。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- correctly
- reliably
- successfully
- …
- be able to
- be unable to
- can
- …
- from
- be widely predicted
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin praedict- ‘made known beforehand, declared’, from the verb praedicere, from prae- ‘beforehand’ + dicere ‘say’. - predict something a reliable method of predicting earthquakes