基本词义

用法

词性演变(prediction predictor)

基本词义

及物动词vt.

预言;预料;预报[+that][+wh-]

He predictedthat an earthquake was imminent.

他预言即将发生地震。

He predicteda good harvest.

他预言丰收。

不及物动词vi.

作预言;作预料;作预报

用法

后接动词时常用语被动结构：be predicted to do sth。

eg. 1）The hurricane is predicted to reach the coast tomorrow morning.

2）Unemployment is predicted to increase to 700,000 by the end of the year

3)The trial is predicted to last for months.

4) This figure is predicted to rise to one billion by the year 2005.

predict后也可接从句，加that即可。

eg.He predictedthat an earthquake was imminent.

词性演变

prediction

n. 预言；预测

make a prediction 做预测

predictor

n.预言家

The past is no predictor of the future.

过去是无法预知未来的。