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🔑predictpre·dict AW /prɪˈdɪkt / verb [transitive] to say that something will happen (often because you have special knowledge)预测；预言；预告◆to predict the results of the election预测选举的结果◆Scientists still cannot predict when earthquakes will happen.科学家仍无法预测何时会发生地震。◆Mrs. Jones predicted that all the students would pass the test, and they did.琼斯太太预言所有学生都会通过考试，后来果真如此。 SYN forecast➨ LANGUAGE BANK用语库expectdiscussing predictions谈论预期的情况The proportion of people using cell phones to access their bank accounts is expected / likely to rise to 75 percent by 2020.到 2020 年，用手机查阅银行账户的人口比例预计／很可能上升到 75%。Experts predict that the number of people using their cell phones to pay for goods and services will be 190 million in 2015.专家预测，到 2015 年用手机支付商品和服务费用的人数将达到 1.9 亿。Cell phone sales in 2010 were lower than expected. * 2010 年的手机销售量低于预期。Experts have forecast a rise / an increase / a drop in the number of people using their cell phones for educational purposes.专家预测，利用手机作教育用途的人数将上升／增加／减少。➨ AWL COLLOCATIONS 学术词搭配predictpredict verb预测；预计 accurately, correctly | confidently, reliably Computer models cannot accurately predict the course of a storm.计算机模型并不能准确地预测风暴的路径。 outcome | future | behavior | likelihood, probability Historians are better at reading the past than predicting the future.历史学家善于解读过去，而非预测未来。The computer model uses data from midsummer winds to predict the likelihood of hurricanes striking the United States later in the season.这一计算机模型利用仲夏时风的数据来预测夏末美国受到飓风吹袭的可能性。prediction noun预测；预言 accurate | theoretical | qualitative, quantitative These results support the theoretical predictions.这些结果印证了理论上的预测。Ecologists often need to make quantitative predictions about how animal and plant populations will change.生态学家常需要为动植物数量如何变化做出量化的预测。 test | confirm, validate, verify | contradict | make The results confirm the prediction and support the hypothesis.这些结果证实了预测，并为假设提供了依据。 be consistent with | be inconsistent with These results are consistent with our initial predictions.这些结果与我们最初的预测相符。This finding is inconsistent with the predictions of the model.这一研究发现与模型的预测不相符。 |