prophet
/ˈprɒfɪt/noun
1
- a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God先知：
the Old Testament prophet, Jeremiah.
《旧约》先知耶利米。
1.1
the Prophet
(among Muslims) Muhammad（穆斯林的）先知穆罕默德。
1.2
the Prophet
(among Mormons) Joseph Smith or one of his successors（摩门教的）约瑟夫·史密斯（或其追随者之一）。
1.3
- a person who advocates or speaks in a visionary way about a new belief, cause, or theory（信仰, 事业, 理论）宣扬者, 提倡者：
he was a prophet of revolutionary socialism.
他是革命社会主义的倡导者。
1.4
- a person who predicts, or claims to be able to predict, what will happen in the future预言者, 预言家：
the prime minister ignored the prophets of financial doom.
首相不理睬预言会出现金融崩溃的人。
2
the Prophets
the prophetic writings of the Old Testament or Hebrew scriptures, in particular先知书, 尤指：
2.1
- (in Christian use) the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and the twelve minor prophets【基督教】（以赛亚、耶利米、以西结、但以理及十二位小先知所写的）《先知书》。
2.2
- (in Jewish use) one of the three canonical divisions of the Hebrew Bible, distinguished from the Law and the Hagiographa, and comprising the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah, and the twelve minor prophets.【犹太教】（《希伯来圣经》正经篇目三部分之一, 与《律法书》和《圣录》有别, 包括《耶和华记》、《士师记》、《撒母耳记》、《列王记》、《耶利米书》、《以西结书》、《以赛亚书》以及十二个小先知写的《先知书》）。
短语
a prophet is not without honour save in his own country
- proverb a person's gifts and talents are rarely appreciated by those close to him〈谚〉先知要吃香, 只有去国外; 墙内开花墙外香（一个人的天资和才能很少受到他周围的人赏识）。
- ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to Matt. 13:57
派生词
prophethood
noun词源
Middle English: from Old French prophete,via Latin from Greek prophētēs 'spokesman'，from pro 'before'+phētēs 'speaker' （from phēnai 'speak'）.