oracles

英 [ˈɒrəklz]

美 [ˈɔrəkəlz]

n.  (古希腊的)神示所; (传达神谕的)牧师，女祭司; (古希腊常有隐含意义的)神谕，神示; 能提供宝贵信息的人(或书); 权威; 智囊
oracle的复数

柯林斯词典

• （古希腊的）传神谕者，神使，宣示神谕的祭司
  In ancient Greece, anoraclewas a priest or priestess who made statements about future events or about the truth.

双语例句

• Puzzlingly for the pragmatic spacemen, their trip to the moon seemed to have elevated them to the status of oracles, and people pressed them for their thoughts on everything from religion to the future of the human species and the chances for world peace.
  对于务实的宇航员感到迷惑的是，他们的登月旅程似乎把他们提升到了圣人的地位，并且人们迫切想知道他们的任何想法，从宗教到人类的未来和世界和平的机会。
• Fresh oracles shall be delivered to you daily, from every corner of the Empire.
  新鲜的先知每日都会从帝国的各个角落运送到你们这里。
• Rom.3:2 Much in every way. First, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.
  罗三2各方面都很多。第一，是神的谕言信托了他们。
• A book in the Old Testament containing the oracles of the prophet jeremiah.
  旧约的一卷，包含先知耶利米的神谕。
• All those oracles for girls in love.
  可送给那些等待爱的姑娘。
• The ancient oracles were often vague and equivocal.
  古代的神谕常是意义模糊和模棱两可的。
• Sybils and oracles are the most ancient institutions of the gentile world.
  神谕就是一脚世界的最古老的制度。
• Oracles given by the famous in ancient years Delphi Oracle were notorious for being amphigories.
  古代希腊德尔菲神庙给出的神谕以模棱两可著称。
• From oracles to clerical script to cursive writing, same character in its historic evolution changed its shape in various ways, but its rudimental meaning stay relatively unchanged.
  从甲骨文到竹简隶书到怀素的狂草，相同的字在历史演变中形式发生了那么多变化，而其本质承载的含义相比之下几乎是不变的。
• Every three months, companies, investors and analysts eagerly await the word from the corporate version of the ancient oracles: the chief executive.
  每三个月，公司、投资者和分析师都会急切地等待古代圣贤在公司中的化身&首席执行官来发布消息。