音标:['presiәnt] ;
a. 预知的, 有先见之明的
s. perceiving the significance of events before they occur

词性分布:
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prescient的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. His prediction about the Iraq war back in 2002 has proved strikingly prescient.回溯2002年他对伊拉克战争的预见,如今被醒目地证明是先见之明。

经典引文

  • Kafka..an amazingly prescient political writer who had foreseen..totalitarianism.

    出自:P. Mailloux
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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: A young upstart reporter at a national news network, a political newcomer fresh from Hollywood, his opponent - a female senator firmly rooted in the establishment, a ratings-obsessed media mogul - does any of this sound fam

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