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divination
  • Derivatives : adj  divinatory
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

divination [.dɪvə'neʃən] [.dɪvɪ'neɪʃən]
  1. 1. noun 预言预卜预见(的行动实践
  2. 2. noun 预言能力);占卜(术);预言术
  3. 3. noun 预测推测假设

Collins English-English Dictionary

divination ["dɪvɪ'neɪʃən]
  1. 1. n the art, practice, or gift of discerning or discovering future events or unknown things, as though by supernatural powers
  2. 2. n a prophecy
  3. 3. n a presentiment or guess

Examples

他常用卜课的方法帮人占卜未来。
He often practices divination to tell other’s fortune.
这位皇帝非常迷信谶纬之言。
The emperor blindly worshipped divination by augury and mystical intepretation of Confucianist texts.
他以打卦的名义行骗。
He cheats people in the name of practicing divination.

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