Prophet
[ 'prɑf?t ]
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n. 預言家，先知;倡導者，主張者;
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pro 在前 + phet=phanai說出 →→能提前說出的人 n.先知，預言者
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A prophet made a prophecy that the kingdom would fall.
一位預言家預言那個王國將要滅亡.
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【記】※ 諧音“婆若煩他”:老婆若煩他,一定是預言家挑唆的
※ profit-利潤,prophet-預言家:利潤入誰家,去問預言家(同音)
※ pro-前綴“向前”,ph-PH值,et-E.T外星人:在測試外星人血液PH值前你就說出了準確數值,同事驚訝地稱你為預言家
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-son-表示“聲音”
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prophet
n
(fem 陰性作 prophetess )
1 [C] person who tells, or claims to be able to tell, what will happen in the future 預言者; 預言家
(joc 謔) I'm afraid I'm no weather prophet. 我可不會預測天氣.
2
(a) (also Prophet) [C]
(in the Christian, Jewish and Muslim religions) person who teaches religion and is, or claims to be, inspired by God （基督教、 猶太教及伊斯蘭教的）先知（宣講教義并稱受到神靈啟示者）
the Prophets of the Old Testament 《舊約》中的先知.
(b) the Prophet [sing]
the founder of the Muslim religion, Mohammed 穆罕默德（伊斯蘭教創立人）.
(c) the Prophets [pl]
the prophetical books of the Old Testament （《舊約》中的）先知書.
3 [C] ~ (of sth) spokesman or advocate of a new belief, cause, theory, etc （一種新的信仰、 事業、 理論等的）鼓吹者, 提倡者
William Morris was one of the early prophets of socialism. 威廉?莫里斯是社會主義的早期鼓吹者之一.
4 (idm 習語) a ,prophet of `doom person who holds or expresses pessimistic views about sth, esp about the future of the world 對某事物（尤指對世界的未來）持悲觀看法或散布悲觀言論者
If we had listened to the prophets of doom, we would never have started the project. 要是我們聽信那些悲觀者的論調, 那工程就永遠不可能上馬.
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利潤(profit)入誰家，去問 預言家 前面(pro)的電話(ph)是外星人(et)打 先知的
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*['pr?fit]n. 預言者, 先知, 提倡者
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Obviously she's gone somewhere to stay.
很明顯她去別的什么地方，呆在那兒了。
It can copy a long report and sort the copies and pin them together.
現它可以復印長篇的報告，把復印件分類，并裝訂起來。
Three million people watched as the ashes of this great man were gently poured into the brown waters of the river that would carry them to the ocean.
還有300萬人守望著這位偉人的骨灰緩緩撒入褐以的恒河，河水把他的骨灰送向大海。