prediction

柯林斯词典

1. N-VAR If you make a prediction about something, you say what you think will happen. 预言
He was unwilling to make a prediction for the coming year. 他不愿对来年作出预言。
Weather prediction has never been a perfect science. 天气预报从来都不是一门准确无误的科学。

The prediction of 4 million unemployed now looks horrifyingly realistic .
The figures are imprecise because they're based on a prediction of next year's sales .
This environmental report contains more dark predictions about the future of the earth .
Their predictions were hopelessly out of line with the actual results .
Her predictions turned out to be uncannily accurate .