prescient
常考释义
1.预知的;先觉的knowing or appearing to know about things before they happen
Even the title of his book, The Age of Turbulence, looks uncannily - if not uncharacteristically - prescient.
甚至是本书的书名《动荡年代》(TheAgeofTurbulence),如果不是典型地,也是令人惊奇地具有先见之明。
Rumsfeld then made the prescient point that "this campaign" that the United States was embarking on "is a marathon, not a sprint. "
拉姆斯菲尔德随后又一针见血地指出:美国正在投入的“这场斗争是一场马拉松,决不会一蹴而就。”
The lawyers' prescient observations eventually led to the recognition of a common law right to privacy in the United States.
这两位律师警醒的见解最终导致美国确立了承认隐私权的普通法。
This remark has been used by the Nabokov estate as a prescient approval of its failure to destroy The Original of Laura.
这段评论已经被纳博科夫的遗产继承者当作未能销毁TheOriginalofLaura的预见性的准许。
Released in 1987, it was a brilliant, prescient taste of what was to come: the crash later that year; the insider trading scandals.
这部1987年的电影惊人地预测了这一年晚些时候的金融危机,揭示了内部人士的交易丑闻。
He was an early, vocal and consistent advocate of co-ordinated global fiscal stimulus, advice that in hindsight seems remarkably prescient.
一开始他就强烈呼吁全球合作进行经济刺激,事后看来这是非常有先见之明的。
Shortly after the book came out, Niederhoffer took Galt to lunch at the Four Seasons and told her that her book had been prescient.
小说出版后不久,尼德霍夫就带高特去四季酒店吃饭,并告诉她他知道她会写这样的书。
As a guide to the sworn enemy, capitalism, however, Marx was more prescient.
然而,作为反对资本主义这个死敌的向导,马克思对资本主义的看法却颇有先见之明。
Now that the president has belatedly followed his advice and the "surge" appears to be working, Mr McCain looks both bold and prescient.
既然总统后来(过晚地)实施了他的建议,而且“增兵”似乎有了效果,麦凯恩先生看来是既大胆又有先见之明。
David Rosenberg is not a very bullish guy - yet his pessimism about the U. S. economy in recent years has proven prescient.
维•罗森伯格(DavidRosenberg)不是一个喜欢看多的人,不过最近几年他对美国经济的悲观论调,事实证明确实是有先见之明的。
No central bank is perfectly prescient and, with inflation elevated, the Fed will be anxious not to act too soon in cutting rates.
没有哪个国家的央行能够准确地预知未来,同时,在通胀加剧的情况下,如果不迅速降息,美联储将感到不安。
What that might mean for cultural movements all over this moment , the " Me , We " seems incredibly prescient totally important .
那对于此刻所有的文化运动来说可能意味这什么,“我,我们”这首诗看起来高瞻远瞩非常重要。
The debate over a Libyan no-fly zone makes that criticism look prescient: a carrier would be rather useful in enforcing one.
对于是否应在利比亚设立禁飞区的辩论证明了这个批评的先见性:在向他国施压时航母是非常有用的。
Schumpeter was pessimistic about the long-run prospects of capitalism, for prescient if unconventional reasons.
出于预见性(如果不是反传统的话)的原因,熊彼特对资本主义的长期前景持悲观态度。
Furthermore, he posted a prescient warning written by Lindsay Hilsum , the only foreign correspondent that was in Rwanda at the time.
作者另外张贴了当时卢旺达唯一外国记者琳赛.希尔森事前提出的警告。
The joke proved prescient: Congress passed the bill the very next day and the president signed it on March 23rd.
这个玩笑是要说明他的先见之明:国会会在第二天通过议案,并且总统会在三月二十三日正式签署。
He was even more prescient about what might be called "the cultural contradictions of the welfare state" .
贝尔甚至还颇有先见之明的意识到,会发生所谓“福利国家的文化矛盾”。
The administration has supported change broadly, as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did in a prescient speech in Qatar in January.
如1月国务卿希拉里于卡塔尔的一次先验性演说中所言,美政府向来全面支持改革。
And as we slog through an extended period of ten-percent unemployment with no end in sight, it also appears to be among the most prescient.
如今,当我们在高达10%的失业率中长久、艰难地行进而看不到结束之日时,这篇文章就显得非常有先见之明了。
Charles Adams was prescient in his quick understanding of this issue.
查尔斯•亚当斯很快就明白了这个问题,真是有先见之明。
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