prediction
US:/prɪˈdɪkʃ(ə)n/
UK:/prɪ'dɪkʃ(ə)n/
n.:
预测；预言；预告
网络:
预报；预测型知识；预测将要发生的事
Word forms: (复数) predictions
Examples
1.
It was that vision, he said, that explained his prediction that the price of oil could next year reach $250 a barrel.
他表示，他之所以预计油价明年可能达到每桶250美元，正是基于这种看法。
2.
There was no prediction for this earthquake, and therefore no warning. Hope in the accurate predictability of earthquakes evaporated.
因为这场地震没有任何预报，因此也没有警告，想要准确预测地震的希望成为泡影。
3.
With a bit of bravado, the old gang hung out their new shingle: the Prediction Company.
虽然带着那么一点虚张声势的味道，但这伙子旧匪还是把他们的新招牌给挂了出来：预测公司。
4.
As one of the indicators of surface quality, surface roughness can be used for the prediction of surface performance.
表面粗糙度值是表面质量的反映，可用来预测表面的使用性能。
5.
There is still a chance that the divorce statistics might turn out to be better than the gloomy prediction from the ONS in coming years.
不过，在未来几年中，离婚数据仍有可能强于国家统计局的悲观预期。
6.
The next step in the simple linear regression procedure is to determine if the remaining squared error of prediction is acceptable or not.
这个简单线性回归过程中的下一步是确定其余的预测方差是否可以接受。
7.
So fearful was Cronos of the Oracle's prediction that his own children would rise against him that he decided to imprison all in his belly.
他非常害怕女祭祀的预言，他的孩子成长后会推翻他，所以他决定把他们全部囚禁在自己的肚子中。
8.
They dressed in costumes typically made of animal heads and skins, and they played games of prediction, trying to tell one another fortunes.
人们穿着动物皮毛制的服装，大玩占卜游戏，互相诉说对方的命运。
9.
I observed a year ago that the oil market often made fools out of forecasters, and then proved myself right with a dreadful prediction.
我在一年前曾指出，石油市场常常会让预测者出丑，然后就用一个糟糕的预测亲自验证了这句话。
10.
Still, in recent years, some part of Malthus's prediction has appeared to be coming true in the form of higher global food prices.
然而近年来，马尔萨斯当年的一部分预测似乎通过全球食品价格上涨这种形式应验了。