oracles

英 [ˈɒrəklz]

美 [ˈɔrəkəlz]

n.  (古希腊的)神示所; (传达神谕的)牧师，女祭司; (古希腊常有隐含意义的)神谕，神示; 能提供宝贵信息的人(或书); 权威; 智囊
oracle的复数

柯林斯词典

• （古希腊的）传神谕者，神使，宣示神谕的祭司
  In ancient Greece, anoraclewas a priest or priestess who made statements about future events or about the truth.

双语例句

• To live among them as oracles.
  作为先知生活在他们之中。
• Oracles given by the famous in ancient years Delphi Oracle were notorious for being amphigories.
  古代希腊德尔菲神庙给出的神谕以模棱两可著称。
• Puzzlingly for the pragmatic spacemen, their trip to the moon seemed to have elevated them to the status of oracles, and people pressed them for their thoughts on everything from religion to the future of the human species and the chances for world peace.
  对于务实的宇航员感到迷惑的是，他们的登月旅程似乎把他们提升到了圣人的地位，并且人们迫切想知道他们的任何想法，从宗教到人类的未来和世界和平的机会。
• Judging by the great abundance of these bones and the contents of the inscriptions, it is quite definite that oracles regulated even the minute details of the conduct of the king.
  从甲骨数量之多及所刻文字的内容可以断定，商王即使是微小细节的行为举动都要由卜辞来决定。
• There was a momentary silence, profound as what should follow the utterance of oracles.
  那一刹那的静穆，如同宣告了神谕之后一般深沉。
• A book in the Old Testament containing the oracles of the prophet jeremiah.
  旧约的一卷，包含先知耶利米的神谕。
• For tens of thousands of years human beings relied on oracles, prophets, medicine men, and resignation to try to manage unknown risks.
  几千年来，人们依赖神谕、先知、药师和顺从去试著处理未知的危机。
• Fresh oracles shall be delivered to you daily, from every corner of the Empire.
  新鲜的先知每日都会从帝国的各个角落运送到你们这里。
• However, she found that the heavily used book was made up of 37 oracles, which rarely mentioned Jesus.
  然而，她发现这本年代久远的书由37个预言组成，而其中很少提到耶稣。
• Sybils and oracles are the most ancient institutions of the gentile world.
  神谕就是一脚世界的最古老的制度。