prophet

英 ['pr?f?t] 美['prɑf?t]
  • n. 先知;預言者;提倡者

IELTSCET6TEM4GRE考研低頻詞常用詞匯

詞態變化


復數:?prophets;

中文詞源


prophet 預言家,先知

來自拉丁語propheta,預言家,先知,來自pro-,提前,-phet,說,來自PIE*bha,說,詞源同fate,phone.

英文詞源


prophet
prophet: [12] A prophet is etymologically someone who ‘speaks for’ another. The word comes via Old French prophete and Latin prophēta from Greek prophétēs, a compound noun formed from the prefix pro- ‘for’ and -phētēs ‘speaker’ (a derivative of phánai ‘speak’, which goes back to the same Indo-European base, *bha- ‘speak’, as produced English fable, fate, etc).

It meant literally ‘spokesman’, and was frequently used specifically for ‘one who interprets the will of the gods to humans’. The Greek translators of the Bible adopted it into Christian usage. Prophecy [13] comes ultimately from the Greek derivative prophētíā.

=> fable, fame, fate
prophet (n.)
late 12c., "person who speaks for God; one who foretells, inspired preacher," from Old French prophete, profete "prophet, soothsayer" (11c., Modern French prophète) and directly from Latin propheta, from Greek prophetes (Doric prophatas) "an interpreter, spokesman," especially of the gods, "inspired preacher or teacher," from pro- "before" (see pro-) + root of phanai "to speak," from PIE *bha- (2) "speak" (see fame (n.)).

The Greek word was used in Septuagint for Hebrew nabj "soothsayer." Early Latin writers translated Greek prophetes with Latin vates, but the Latinized form propheta predominated in post-Classical times, chiefly due to Christian writers, probably because of pagan associations of vates. In English, meaning "prophetic writer of the Old Testament" is from late 14c. Non-religious sense is from 1848; used of Muhammad from 1610s (translating Arabic al-nabiy, and sometimes also al-rasul, properly "the messenger"). The Latin word is glossed in Old English by witga.

雙語例句


1. He holds the belief that he is a latter-day prophet.
他深信自己是當代先知。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The faithful revered him then as a prophet.
那時,信徒們尊他為先知。

來自柯林斯例句

3. A prophet made a prophecy that the kingdom would fall.
一位預言家預言那個王國將要滅亡.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The pity is that you are not a prophet.
可惜你不能未卜先知.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. They accept the Prophet's precepts but reject some of his strictures.
他們接受先知的教訓,但拒絕他的種種約束.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

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