The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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vt. 预言,预测;预示,预告;
vi. 预言,预示:预言某事,预言;
💡 pre….前的,预先+dict说→预先说→预言
"We can't predict the outcome. There are too many imponderables."
我们无法预测结果。难以逆料的情况太多了。
近义:herald, omen, augur, portend, prefigure, presage
反义:approve, ascertain, prove, ratify, reaffirm, sanction
vt. 发明,创造;虚构;
💡 in(upon)+vent(come)→发明;虚构
"We have to invent a new method for sneaking prisoners out without being noticed by the guards."
我们必须想出新的办法使囚犯们偷偷溜出去而不被看守发现.
近义:improvise, make, noodle, vamp, coin, adlib
反义:recopy, reduplicate, replicate, reproduce, trace, transcribe
adj. 将来的,未来的;[语法学]将来时的;
n. 前途;[美国俚语]未婚妻;期货;
💡 futur- 【拉丁传入法语】表示将来的某种状态
"We all work hard in the interests of our future."
我们都为我们自己的将来而努力工作.
近义:next, oncoming, unborn, coming, forthcoming
反义:prior
adj. 最好的( good和well的最高级);最愉快的;最幸福的;最合适的;
adv. 最好地;最出色地;最高标准地;
n. 佼佼者;(个人的)最高水平;最重要的优越性;最好的东西,最合乎要求的事物;
vt. [口]打败,胜过;
"He is arguably the best actor of his generation."
按理他是他那一代中最优秀的演员。
近义:master, outgo, outmatch, outrange, outrank, outstrip
反义:badder, baddest, worse