predict /priˈdikt/ vt. 预言；预告；预示（跟名词/代词、从句和不定式）It’s still not possible to accurately predict the occurrence of earthquakes.现在还不能够精确地预报地震。Who could have predicted that within ten years he’d be in charge of the whole company?谁能够想到十年内他居然掌管了整个公司？No one can predict when the disease will strike again.谁也不能够预报这病何时又要发作。The hurricane is predicted to reach the coast tomorrow morning. 据预报，飓风明天早晨到海岸。
prediction n. 预言，预报：［考句］The designs of the Christmas stamps are always waited for with keen prediction.新版圣诞邮票的设计总是在人们的种种预言中被热切期盼着。
［辨析］predict和anticipate都有“预料，预见”义，但predict是根据经验和知识对即将发生的事情的描绘与预言，即to see or describe (a future happening) in advance as a result of knowledge, experience, thought etc.而anticipate是预先“期盼”，“猜测”，“想象”，并做必要的准备，即expect, to guess or imagine in advance (what will happen) and take the necessary action in order to be ready.
