prophet
noun [ C ] uk/ˈprɒf.ɪt/ us/ˈprɑː.fɪt/
预言家，先知
a person who is believed to have a special power that allows them to say what a god wishes to tell people, especially about things that will happen in the future
an Old Testament prophet 《圣经•旧约》中的先知
Let us hear the words of the prophet Isaiah on the coming of the Prince of Peace. 让我们聆听先知以赛亚关于和平之王来临的预言。
宣扬者，倡导者
a person who supports a new system of beliefs and principles
Rousseau, that great prophet of the modern age 卢梭，当代伟大的倡导者
the Prophet 穆罕默德（伊斯兰教创始人）
Mohammed, the man who made Islam known to the world through the Koran
Idiom
prophet of doomidiom disapproving 悲观的预言者
someone who always expects bad things to happen
The prophets of doom have been predicting the end of European cinema for the last ten years. 那些悲观的预言者在过去10年里一直在预言欧洲电影的末日。