proph·et
noun/ˈprɒfɪt/
/ˈprɑːfɪt/
Idioms - [countable] (in the Christian, Jewish and Muslim religions) a person sent by God to teach the people and give them messages from God
（基督教、犹太教和伊斯兰教的）先知 - Some believe that he was not a true prophet.
有人认为他不是真正的预言家。 - The Bible also warns of false prophets.
圣经也警告假先知。
Homophones profit | prophetprofit prophet/ˈprɒfɪt//ˈprɑːfɪt/- profit noun
- She's only interested in making a quick profit.
她只对快速获利感兴趣。
- She's only interested in making a quick profit.
- profit verb
- Patents allowed inventors to profit from ownership of their inventions.
专利使发明者能够从其发明的所有权中获利。
- Patents allowed inventors to profit from ownership of their inventions.
- prophet noun
- With his long white beard, he looks like an Old Testament prophet.
他留着长长的白胡子，看起来就像旧约先知。
- With his long white beard, he looks like an Old Testament prophet.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- false
- true
- great
- …
- a prophet of doom
- Some believe that he was not a true prophet.
- the Prophet[singular] Muhammad, through whom the Koran was revealed and the religion of Islam established and completed
穆罕默德，通过他启示了《古兰经》，并建立和完善了伊斯兰教 - [countable] a person who claims to know what will happen in the future
预言家；预言者 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- false
- true
- great
- …
- a prophet of doom
- [countable] prophet (of something) a person who teaches or supports a new idea, theory, etc.
倡导者；拥护者；鼓吹者 - William Morris was one of the early prophets of socialism.
威廉·莫里斯是社会主义的早期传播者之一。
- William Morris was one of the early prophets of socialism.
- the Prophets[plural] the name used for some books of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Bible
（《旧约圣经》和《希伯来圣经》中的）先知书
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French prophete, via Latin from Greek prophētēs ‘spokesman’, from pro ‘before’ + phētēs ‘speaker’ (from phēnai ‘speak’).
Idioms
prophet of doom | doom merchant
- a person who predicts that things will go very badly
末日预言者 - The prophets of doom who said television would kill off the book were wrong.
认为电视会扼杀书籍的悲观预言家完全错了。
- The prophets of doom who said television would kill off the book were wrong.