prediction

柯林斯詞典

1. N-VAR If you make a prediction about something, you say what you think will happen. 預(yù)言
He was unwilling to make a prediction for the coming year. 他不願對來年作出預(yù)言。
Weather prediction has never been a perfect science. 天氣預(yù)報從來都不是一門準(zhǔn)確無誤的科學(xué)。

The prediction of 4 million unemployed now looks horrifyingly realistic .
The figures are imprecise because they're based on a prediction of next year's sales .
This environmental report contains more dark predictions about the future of the earth .
Their predictions were hopelessly out of line with the actual results .
Her predictions turned out to be uncannily accurate .