[mass noun]the action of foretelling or prophesying future events 预言,预示 an unprecedented amount of soul-searching and prognostication. 空前之多的内省和预言。 ■[count noun]a prophecy 预言,预测 these gloomy prognostications proved to be unfounded. 这些悲观的预测被证明是无稽之谈。
语源
late Middle English: from Old French prognosticacion, from medieval Latin prognosticatio(n-), from the verb prognosticare (see prognosticate)