predict
单词辨析：
尤指用特殊的魔力预言某事会发生。
foretell the future
预言未来
A witch foretold that the girl would live happily ever after with a prince.
一位女巫预言这个女孩将和王子幸福地生活在一起。
指在某事尚未发生的时候就认为某事会发生。
The increase was 3% slower than predicted.
增长比预计的慢3%。
He predicted that the ruling party would win a huge majority in the election.
他预言该执政党将在大选中获得巨大的票数优势。
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The technique is important and useful to detect and predict the fatigue properties and failure of materials.
该技术对检测和预测材料的疲劳性能和失效有重要意义。
Although managers cannot predict the future, many of their decisions require that they consider possible future events.
虽然管理者不能预见未来，但是他们要做的很多决策需要他们考虑将来可能发生的情况。
It's hard to predict how a jury will react
很难预测陪审团将会作出何种反应。
Defense planners predict an extended period of retrenchment.
国防规划人员预计开支紧缩期会延长。
However, even though unemployment rates will not be as severe, I still predict that we are in store for a miserable decade of economic stagnation.
然而，尽管失业率不会那么高，我仍然认为我们会经历一个悲惨的、经济停滞的十年，现在我们正在为此做准备。
It is ridiculously absurd to predict that the sun will not rise tomorrow.
预言明天太阳将不会升起是荒唐可笑的。