predict用法及搭配

predict的基本意思是“预言”“预测”“预示”,指根据事实或公认的自然法则推理而得,常指在预言时具有科学的准确性。

predict可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时可接名词、代词、动名词或that从句作宾语。可用于被动结构。

The trial is predicted to last for months.

预料审讯将持续数月之久。

It was a close finish, as they had predicted.

正如他们所预料的，比赛结果难分上下。

Officials concerned with environmental policy predict that a day of reckoning will come.

担心环境政策的官员们预言总有一天人们会受到报应。

Car usage is predicted to increase.

汽车的使用率预计会增长。

It is impossible to predict what will happen.

预知未来的事是不可能的。