clairvoyance

/kleəˈvɔɪəns/ (bre, ipa) · /klerˈvɔɪəns/ (ame, ipa) · /kler-ˈvȯi-ən(t)s/ (ame, mw)

clairvoyance — 名詞

1. a claimed ability to know about events, people, or places without using the ordi

1.名詞C2
釋義

千里眼；預知力

聲稱能不憑感官看見遠方事物或預知未來

a claimed ability to know about events, people, or places without using the ordinary five senses — for example, describing a faraway location in detail, or telling someone what will happen in the future

例句

Esther believed her clairvoyance showed her the flood a week before the river rose.

Esther 相信她的千里眼在河水暴漲前一週就讓她看見了那場洪水。

clairvoyance + show — describing what the ability disclosed

The villagers trusted Granny Zhao's clairvoyance after she warned them of the coming storm.

村民們信任 Zhao 奶奶的千里眼，她曾警告大家暴風雨即將來襲。

同義詞
  • second sight

    a more traditional, folk term; often implies foreseeing future events specifically

  • precognition

    narrower: knowing a future event before it happens, with no claim about seeing hidden present things

  • extrasensory perception

    broader scientific term covering all psi phenomena including telepathy

用法筆記

Uncountable noun. Do not use an article before it ('a clairvoyance'). The person who has this ability is called a clairvoyant.

常見錯誤

❌She has a clairvoyance.
✅She has clairvoyance.
💡clairvoyance is an uncountable noun; never use 'a' before it.
❌My clairvoyance predicted the accident.
✅Through my clairvoyance, I sensed the accident before it happened.
💡the ability itself does not act; the person uses the ability.