divination

英 [ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃn]

美 [ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃn]

n. 占卜; 预测; 预言

复数：divinations　

BNC.34177 / COCA.18486

牛津词典

noun

占卜（术）;预测;预言
Divinationis the art or practice of discovering what will happen in the future using supernatural means.

noun

the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
Synonym:foretellingsoothsayingfortune telling
a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
Synonym:prophecy
successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

The concept of number originated very early and divination by Zhouyi might be its earliest origin we know.
数字观念的源起很早，《易》占可能是已知最早的源头。
To foretell through or as if through the art of divination.
占卜，预言通过或似通过占卜术预言。
They're part of an ancient Greek divination ritual.
他们是古希腊占卜仪式的一部分。
For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
从此，在以色列家中必不再有虚假的异象和奉承的占卜。
But geomancy means divination according to geographic features, so the translation is not entirely correct.
但是土占意指根据地理特征来占卜，所以这个翻译并非完全正确。
Han Jia, to my knowledge, the Book of Changes is about divination.
韩佳，据我所知啊，这《周易》它只是一部算卦的书。
Divination based on facial features.
占相术以面部特征为基础的占卜。
You are to come to wife divination, right?
你是来给老婆卜卦，对吗？
For rebellion is no less a sin than divination, and stubbornness is like iniquity and idolatry.
顽梗的罪与拜虚神和偶像的罪相同。
This text was used to record the results of divination, which is recorded the event symbols.
文字当时是用来记录占卜结果的，也记录事件的符号。