预言(告，计，测) (say what will happen in advance; forecast) [T+n， T+that， T+wh]：～a good harvest/a change in the weather/a war/an earthquake/an eclipse/an event 预言丰收/天气变化/战争/地震/日月食/一个事件;～that the region will draw 200，000 tourists a year/the patient will be walking again in a week/war will break out in the next few years 预计该地区每年将吸引20万游客/病人一周后将能重新走路/战争将在几年后爆发;It is difficult to～who will win the competition/which political party will win the election. 很难预测谁将赢得比赛/哪个政党将赢得竞选。〖同〗forecast，foretell;

→pre′dictable adj 可预言(报，测)的;pre-′dictably adv可预言(报，测)地;pre-′diction n 预言(报，测，告);pre′dictor n 预言家;预测用的仪器;

【辨异】predict与forecast和foresee的区别见FORECAST。