2017年5月18日 星期四

foreknow, groundhog prognosticator

“Innocence is innocent not because it rejects but because it accepts; is innocent not because it is impervious and invulnerable to everything, but because it is capable of accepting anything and still remaining innocent; innocent because it foreknows all and therefore doesn’t have to fear and be afraid.”
- from THE TOWN




This Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil Goes High-Tech
Famous groundhog prognosticator Punxsutawney Phil will take a step into the 21st century Tuesday morning when he sends his annual prediction by text.







prog·nos·ti·cate (prŏg-nŏs'tĭ-kāt') pronunciation

tr.v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.
  1. To predict according to present indications or signs; foretell. See synonyms at predict.
  2. To foreshadow; portend: urban renewal that prognosticates a social and cultural renaissance.
[Middle English pronosticaten, from Medieval Latin prognōsticāre, prognōsticāt-, from Latin prognōsticum, sign of the future, from Greek prognōstikon, from neuter of prognōstikos, foreknowing. See prognostic.]
prognostication prog·nos'ti·ca'tion n.
prognosticative prog·nos'ti·ca'tive adj.
prog·nos'ti·ca'tor n.
prognosticator



音節
 
fore • know
 
発音
 
fɔːrnóu
[他動詞] (-knew[-njúː|-njúː],-known[-knóun],fore・know・ing) …を前もって知る,予知する.

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