prophetic

予言的な、先見の明がある

これから起こることを言い当てたり、起こる前に知っていたりする様子。

やさしい英語で： Able to say what will happen, or showing knowledge of events before they happen.

• Her warning proved prophetic.
• He seemed to have a prophetic gift.
• Those prophetic words came back to me when the bank failed.

類義語： prescient, predictive

よく使う表現： prophetic words, prophetic warning, prophetic dream

預言に関する、預言者の

神の言葉を伝えるとされる人や、その人が語る未来の知らせに関すること。

やさしい英語で： Connected with people believed to speak for God, or with their messages about the future.

• We studied the prophetic books of the Bible.
• Her research explores the prophetic tradition.
• The priest explained the meaning of this prophetic message.

よく使う表現： prophetic books, prophetic tradition, prophetic message

予言された

起こる前に告げられたこと。特に神からの知らせとされるもの。

やさしい英語で： Said in advance to be going to happen, especially in a message believed to come from God.

• The hero could not escape his prophetic doom.
• The tale ends with the king meeting his prophetic fate.
• The child's prophetic destiny was to unite the divided kingdom.

類義語： foretold, predicted

よく使う表現： prophetic destiny, prophetic doom, prophetic event