prescient

prescient，英語單詞，主要用作為形容詞，意為“預知的；有先見之明的”。

基本介紹

• 外文名：prescient
• 詞性：形容詞
• 英式讀音：[ˈpresiənt]
• 美式讀音： [ˈpreʃnt]

單詞用法

1. ADJ If you say that someone or something was prescient, you mean that they were able to know or predict what was going to happen in the future. 預知的; 先知的; 預見性的 [正式]
2. prescience N-UNCOUNT

雙語例句

Indeed, we should note just how prescient the latter have been.

事實上，我們應該注意到，前者是多么有先見之明。

I was amazed at how prescient they were to this infant's needs-changes of diaper, wakefulness, teething, whatever.

他們對孩子的需要- - -換尿布，醒了，磨牙，等等- - -都好像有先見之明，這讓我覺得不可思議。

Twenty Thousand Leagues is probably his most prescient work, anticipating submarine warfare, scuba diving, and even the taser.

《海底兩萬里》可能是他最具預見性的作品，其中預見了潛艇戰、水肺潛水甚至泰瑟槍。