prescient /ˈprɛsɪənt/

• 1.  

  ADJ（形容词） If you say that someone or something was prescient, you mean that they were able to know or predict what was going to happen in the future. 预知的; 先知的; 预见性的 [正式]

  例：

  ...an eerily prescient comedy about a populist multimillionaire political candidate.

  ...围绕一位身价数百万的民粹主义政治候选人的一部喜剧，其预见性近乎诡异。

• 2.  

  N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） prescience

  例：

  Over the years he's demonstrated a certain prescience in foreign affairs.

  多年来他在外交事务上表现出了一定的预见能力。