| 单词 | predictive |
| 释义 | predictionprediction /prɪˈdɪkʃən/ ●●○ AWL noun [countable, uncountable] something that you say is going to happen, or the act of saying what you think is going to happen: prediction about I’d rather not make a prediction about how popular the book will be.prediction that His prediction that their marriage wouldn’t last was correct.prediction for The bank announced optimistic growth predictions for next year.prediction of Many have chosen to disbelieve the dire predictions of climate change (=predictions that bad things will happen).—predictive adjectiveCOLLOCATIONSverbsmake a prediction It is far too early to make predictions about the outcome of the investigation.confirm/reaffirm a prediction (=show that it was right) They are now planning further tests to confirm their predictions.defy/confound predictions (=show that they were wrong) He confounded his doctors’ predictions, and made a full recovery.test a prediction In order to test this prediction, Shultz carried out a number of experiments.a prediction proves true/accurate/wrong etc. (also a prediction is proven true/accurate/wrong etc.) Surprisingly, some of his strangest predictions have proven true.adjectivesa prediction is accurate/correct/right Jane’s prediction proved to be accurate.a prediction is wrong/incorrect We are hoping that their prediction of rain is wrong.a confident prediction (=one that you think is probably right) The situation is so uncertain that it is hard to make a confident prediction.a reliable prediction We are not yet able to make reliable predictions about earthquakes.a dire/gloomy/pessimistic prediction (=saying that something bad will happen) There have been some gloomy predictions about the economy recently.an optimistic prediction (=saying that something good will happen if the best situation happens) These estimates were based on optimistic predictions of growth.a bold prediction (=one that is too confident and probably not right) The candidate made bold predictions that he could cut unemployment by half. |
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