prescience

[英] [ˈpri:ʃi:əns, -ʃəns, ˈpreʃi:əns, ˈpreʃəns] [美] [ˈpriʃiəns, -ʃəns, ˈprɛʃiəns, ˈprɛʃəns] 生词本

n.

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1. ADJ-GRADED 预知的;预见性的;能预见未来的 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. 
  • ...'Bob Roberts', an eerily prescient comedy about a populist multimillionaire political candidate.

    《天生赢家》,一部关于一位拥有数千万家财的平民党政治候选人的怪诞预言性喜剧

prescience
  • Over the years he's demonstrated a certain prescience in foreign affairs.

    这些年来,他已经在外交事务方面表现出一定的预见性。

Noun

1. the power to foresee the future

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