clairvoyant
/ˌkleəˈvɔɪ.ənt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌklerˈvɔɪ.ənt/ (ame, ipa) · /kler-ˈvȯi-ənt/ (ame, mw) · /kleəˈvɔɪənt/ (bre, ipa) · /klerˈvɔɪənt/ (ame, ipa)
clairvoyant — 名詞
- clairvoyantsingular
- clairvoyantsplural
1. someone who says they can know things about the future or about hidden events by
靈媒；通靈者
據說能預知未來或看見隱事的人
someone who says they can know things about the future or about hidden events by using a special mental power, rather than by ordinary thinking or seeing.
Talia paid a clairvoyant fifty pounds to read her future from a deck of cards.
Talia 付給一位通靈者五十英鎊，請對方用一副紙牌為她占卜未來。
pattern: pay a clairvoyant + to-infinitive
After her husband disappeared, Reema began visiting a clairvoyant every Sunday afternoon.
丈夫失蹤之後，Reema 開始每個禮拜天下午去找同一位通靈者。
collocation: visit a clairvoyant
The police refused to take the clairvoyant seriously when she claimed to know where the boy was.
那位通靈者宣稱知道失蹤男孩的下落，警方卻不願認真看待她的說法。
Christopher does not believe any clairvoyant can really speak to the dead.
Christopher 不相信任何靈媒真的可以與死者對話。
A famous clairvoyant told Nikos that he would meet his future wife within a year.
一位知名的通靈者告訴 Nikos，他將在一年之內遇見未來的妻子。
- psychic
most common everyday term; covers the same kind of practitioner without sounding old-fashioned.
- fortune-teller
more casual; focuses on predicting personal future, often with cards or palms.
- seer
literary or archaic; suggests a respected visionary rather than a paid service.
- medium
narrower — specifically someone who claims to speak with the dead.
- skeptic
someone who refuses to believe in such powers.
文法句型
a clairvoyant
consult a clairvoyant
用法筆記
Often paired with verbs of consulting (visit, see, consult, hire) and with hedging language (claims to, says she can) because writers usually want to stay neutral about whether the powers are real.
常見錯誤
clairvoyant — 形容詞
- clairvoyantpositive
- more clairvoyantcomparative
- most clairvoyantsuperlative
1. able to know about future events or about things happening far away, supposedly
通靈的
據稱能感知未來或遠方之事的
able to know about future events or about things happening far away, supposedly through a mental power that goes beyond what the ordinary senses can pick up.
Zola insisted she had clairvoyant powers and could feel when relatives were in danger.
Zola 堅稱自己擁有通靈的能力，能感應到親人何時陷入危險。
collocation: clairvoyant powers
Darius claimed to have had a clairvoyant dream the night before the earthquake struck Lima.
Darius 自稱在利馬發生地震的前一晚，做了一個有預知力的夢。
collocation: a clairvoyant dream / vision
Eve laughed and told her sister she was not clairvoyant, so just say the news.
Eve 笑著告訴妹妹自己又沒有通靈的本事，乾脆直接說出消息就好。
The novel describes an old woman with clairvoyant abilities who warns the village before each storm.
這本小說描寫一位擁有通靈能力的老婦人，每次暴風雨來襲前都會警告村民。
Allison felt a strange clairvoyant flash and knew her father had reached the airport safely.
Allison 突然出現一陣奇妙的通靈感應，馬上知道父親已平安抵達機場。
- psychic
more common; same idea, less literary tone.
- telepathic
narrower — specifically about reading or sending thoughts.
- prophetic
implies a serious vision of the future, often with a moral or religious weight.
- second-sighted
Scottish-English variant; old-fashioned, suggests an inborn gift.
- rational
emphasizes ordinary thinking instead of mystical insight.
文法句型
clairvoyant powers
clairvoyant ability
be clairvoyant
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense-related adjectives like 'telepathic' (mind-to-mind) and 'prophetic' (specifically about the future, often religious). Often premodifies abstract nouns: powers, vision, ability, dream, flash, insight.