2. predict: v. to see or describe in advance as a result of knowledge, experience, thought etc.预言,预见 The fortune-teller predicted that I would marry a doctor. 算命先生预言我会同一名医生结婚. 报纸预言大卫将会再次当选. Newspapers predicted that David would be re-elected. 很难预见会发生什么事. It’s hard to predict what will happen. Prediction n. 她的预言证明是正确的. Her prediction turned out to be correct. 他预言政府在大选中会被击败. He made a prediction that the government would be defeated at the general election.