seer

英 [sɪə(r)]

美 [sɪr]

n.  (尤指旧时)预言家，先知

复数：seers　

BNC.23438 / COCA.18420

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指旧时）预言家，先知
  (especially in the past) a person who claims that they can see what is going to happen in the future

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 预言者;先知
  Aseeris a person who tells people what will happen in the future.
  1. ...the writings of the 16th century French seer, Nostradamus.
     16世纪法国预言家诺斯特拉达穆斯的作品
  2. ...the economic seers who regularly provide The Economist with forecasts.
     定期为《经济学家》杂志提供前瞻性预测的经济预言家

英英释义

noun

• an authoritative person who divines the future
  Synonym:prophetprophesieroraclevaticinator
• an observer who perceives visually
  1. an incurable seer of movies
• a person with unusual powers of foresight
  Synonym:visionaryillusionist

双语例句

• SEER enables users to measure actual project performance and progress against expected outcomes ( schedule, resources, and defects).
  SEER使得用户能够度量实际的项目性能和过程预期结果（进度、资源和缺陷）。
• These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
  他们在自己的村庄，按着家谱计算，是大卫和先见撒母耳所派当这紧要职任的。
• Test and Research about SEER of Solar Energy/ Air Source Compound Heat Pump System
  太阳能/空气复合热泵系统夏季能效比的测试与研究
• The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer?
  王又对祭司撒督说，你不是先见吗。
• He stationed the Levites in the temple of the LORD with cymbals, harps and lyres in the way prescribed by David and GAD the king's seer and Nathan the prophet; this was commanded by the Lord through his prophets.
  王又派利未人在耶和华殿中敲钹、鼓瑟、弹琴、乃照大卫和他先见迦得、并先知拿单所吩咐的、就是耶和华藉先知所吩咐的。
• I passed a seer along the road this morning.
  我今天在路上碰见了一个预言家。
• I hope you will find your own seer hairdresser.
  我希望你可以找到你自己的预言美发师。
• He doesn't claim to be any famous John, he just claims to be John, and so we call him often John the Seer or John the prophet or something like that.
  《启示录》作者并没有自称是那个著名的约翰，他只是自称约翰，我们经常称他为预言者约翰，或先知约翰之类的。
• No one really understands exactly how prophecy works or why, and every Seer's experience seems to be different anyway.
  没人真的明白预言到底是怎么运作的，无论如何，每个预言者的经历好像都不一样。
• A seer gazes intently into a crystal ball before him.
  一位先知专注地凝视着他面前的水晶球。