predict
verbto say that something will happen in the future 預言；預告；預報 - predict something
a reliable method of predicting earthquakes 預報地震的可靠方法 Nobody could predict the outcome. 誰也無法預料結果如何。 to predict the future 預測未來 He predicts a bright future for the business in the next financial year. 他預測在下一個財政年度，公司會有一個光明的未來。 The party is predicting a majority of 20 seats. 該黨預計將獲得20個席位的多數。 - predict what, whether, etc…
It is impossible to predict what will happen. 預知未來的事是不可能的。 - predict (that)…
She predicted (that) the election result would be close. 她預言選舉結果將很接近。 He predicted (that) it would be a smash hit. 他預言這將會大獲成功。 - it is predicted that…
It was predicted that inflation would continue to fall. 據預報，通貨膨脹率將繼續下降。 - somebody/something is predicted to do something
The trial is predicted to last for months. 預料審訊將持續數月之久。 This figure is predicted to rise to one billion by the year 2015. 這一數字預計到2015年將上升到10億。
Language Bank expectexpectDiscussing predictions 談論預測 By 2050, one in six people on the planet will be aged 65 or over. 到2050年，地球上每六個人中就有一個年齡在65歲或以上。
The number of people globally aged 65 and over is expected/likely to more than double by 2050. 到2050年，全球65歲及以上的人口預計/可能翻一番以上。
Experts have predicted/forecast that the over-65s will make up 17 per cent of the global population by 2050. 專家預測，到2050年，65歲以上的人口將佔全球人口的17%。
World population is set to reach 9.8 billion by 2050. 到2050年，世界人口將達到98億。
Net migration into Britain over the last decade was higher than expected. 過去十年英國的淨移民人數高於預期。
Overall population growth in Britain has been in line with predictions. 英國的總體人口增長與預測一致。
Extra ExamplesTopics Doubt, guessing and certaintya2Every step in the movie is easily predicted. 這部電影的每一步都不難預測。 Few would have dared to predict such a landslide victory. 幾乎沒有人敢預言會有這樣壓倒性的勝利。 You cannot predict the weather with absolute accuracy. 你不可能絕對準確地預測天氣。 Newton's theories allow us to predict the flight of a ball. 牛頓的理論讓我們可以預測球體的飛行路線。 It is still too early to predict the degree to which prices will rise. 預測價格上漲的幅度還爲時尚早。 It is not possible to predict with any certainty what effect this will have. 不可能確切地預測到這會帶來怎樣的後果。 We can predict with absolute confidence how the newspapers will react. 我們可以絕對有把握地預測報紙會如何反應。 I think I can safely predict that they will fight the verdict. 我想我可以有把握地預測他們將對這一判決提出抗訴。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- correctly
- reliably
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- be able to
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- be widely predicted
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin praedict- ‘made known beforehand, declared’, from the verb praedicere, from prae- ‘beforehand’ + dicere ‘say’.- predict something