名詞 prophet:

1. an authoritative person who divines the future
   同義詞：prophesier, oracle, seer, vaticinator
2. someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God

1. Since I cannot foretell things like a prophet, I cannot help taking a small loss.
   我又不能料事如神，總不免要吃點(diǎn)小虧。
2. Daughter of the Islamic prophet Mohammed. She married Ali, among the first to embrace Islam, and is considered by Moslems to be one of the Four Perfect Women.
   法蒂瑪伊斯蘭先知穆罕默德的女兒。她嫁給了首批皈依伊斯蘭教的阿里，被穆斯林認(rèn)為是四個(gè)完美女人之一
3. The prophet said that war will break out.
   先知預(yù)言戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)將爆發(fā)。

proph.et

n.（名詞）
A person who speaks by divine inspiration or as the interpreter through whom the will of a god is expressed.
先知：受神啟示而說(shuō)話(huà)的人或作為表達(dá)神的意志的闡釋者
A person gifted with profound moral insight and exceptional powers of expression.
預(yù)言者：有復(fù)雜的道德洞察力和非凡的表達(dá)能力的人
A predictor; a soothsayer.
預(yù)測(cè)未來(lái)者：斷言者；預(yù)測(cè)未來(lái)者
The chief spokesperson of a movement or cause.
提倡者：運(yùn)動(dòng)或事業(yè)的主要發(fā)言人
Prophets (used with a sing. or pl. verb)Bible The second of the three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures, comprising the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve.See table at Bible
Prophets （與單數(shù)或復(fù)數(shù)動(dòng)詞連用）【圣經(jīng)】 先知書(shū)：希伯來(lái)圣經(jīng)三部分的第二部，包括約書(shū)亞記，士師記，撒母耳記，國(guó)王記，以撒記，耶利米書(shū)，以西結(jié)書(shū)和十二先知書(shū)參見(jiàn) Bible

來(lái)源：
Middle English prophete
中古英語(yǔ) prophete
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Latin prophôta
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) prophôta
from Greek prophôtôs
源自 希臘語(yǔ) prophôtôs
pro- [before] * see pro- 2
pro- [在…之前] *參見(jiàn) pro-2
-phôtôs [speaker] from phanai [to speak] * see bh3- 2
-phôtôs [說(shuō)話(huà)者] 源自 phanai [說(shuō)話(huà)] *參見(jiàn) bh3- 2

【引伸】
proph.ethood.
n.（名詞）