喜樂美語
  1. 1vB1/prɪˈdɪkt/預測

    to say that something will happen, before it happens, usually because of what you know, have seen, or have measured.

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei predicted that her bean plant would grow taller in the sunlight.

    逐字美預測了她的豆子植物在陽光下會長得更高。

    「predict」是「事情還沒發生，你先把它說出來」。它跟 guess 不一樣：guess 可以完全沒有根據，predict 通常背後有資料、經驗或觀察，所以聽起來比較有把握；forecast 則多半用在天氣、經濟這種有專業數據的預報。可以想成 predict 就像從 pre-（事先）加上 -dict（說）長出來的——先說出來的話。後面常接名詞（predict an easy win）或 that 子句（predict that prices will rise）。

    常見搭配

    • predict that ...

      預測…會…

      to say before it happens that something will be true

      The teacher predicted that the seeds would sprout in five days.

    • hard to predict / difficult to predict

      難以預測

      not easy to say what will happen

      The end of the game was hard to predict.

    • predict the future

      預測未來

      to say what will happen in the years ahead

      Nobody can predict the future, but we can still make a plan.

    • accurately predict

      準確預測

      to say correctly what will happen

      The new model can accurately predict when the tide will be highest.

    • widely predicted

      普遍被預期

      said by many people before it happened

      The change to the timetable had been widely predicted by the teachers.

core核心畫面

Picture someone speaking about a thing before it happens — but not guessing wildly. They have looked at the data, the sky, the past record, and on that basis they say out loud what is coming: the storm will reach the coast by morning, this team will win. The word carries both halves: it points forward in time, and it rests on something you already know or have measured.

可以想成畫面是：有人在事情發生之前先把它講出來——但不是亂猜。他看過數據、看過天色、看過過去的紀錄，根據這些說出接下來會怎樣：暴風雨早上會到岸邊、這隊會贏。這個字同時帶著兩件事——時間上往前指，以及背後靠著你已經知道或量到的東西。

同家族的字

過去式 predicted過去分詞 predicted-ing predicting三單 predicts

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

predictverb/pɹɪˈdɪkt/

  • 1

    To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.

    • After he had renounced his fathers bishoprick of Valentia in Spaine... and to attaine by degrees the Maiesty of Cesar, was created Duke of that place, gaue for his poesie, Aut Cesar, aut nihil. which being not fauoured from the heauens, had presently the euent the same predicted.
    • Professor Trelawney kept predicting Harry’s death, which he found extremely annoying.
  • 2

    To imply.

    • It is interesting to see how clearly theory predicts the difference between the ascending and descending curves of a dynamo.
    • For both men and women, greater symmetry predicted a larger number of past sex partners.
  • 3

    To make predictions.

    • The devil can both predict and make predictors.
  • 4

    raregovernmentmilitarypoliticsTo direct a ranged weapon against a target by means of a predictor.

    • They're predicting us now; looks like a barrage.

predictnoun/pɹɪˈdɪkt/

  • 1

    obsoleteA prediction.

    • Or say with Princes if it shall go well, / By oft predict that I in heaven find.

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