I have often thought of turning fortune teller for a week or two, myself.

我经常设想自己能做两个星期的占呢。”

So, it was these diviners seeking to unlock the future inadvertently provided us with a key to the past.

所以，正是这些探寻未来的占无意中为我们提供了把了解过去的钥匙。

He sighed and went over to annie and the soothsayer.

他叹了口气，走到安妮和占身边。

But before he could stop her, Annie ran up to the soothsayer.

但在他阻止她之前，安妮跑到了占面前。

" All the birds have flown away, " the soothsayer said.

“所有的鸟儿都飞走了，”占说。

The peasant answered: 'I have a soothsayer inside it'. '

农民回答说：“我里面有个占” 。

In the pandemic doomsayers have doubled down on predictions of long-term labour-market woes.

在大流行中，占对长期劳动力市场困境的预测加倍了。

He showed the Latin writing to the soothsayer.

他向占展示了拉丁字。

" But why are these things happening? " Jack asked the soothsayer.

“但是为什么会发生这些事情呢？”杰克问占。

The soothsayer stared for a moment at the card and the shimmering letters on it.

占盯着卡片和上面闪闪发光的字母看了会儿。

" Brutus and his household are all in Rome, " The soothsayer said.

“布鲁图斯和他的家人都在罗马，”占说。

Indeed, Wendelin the Weird enjoyed being burnt so much that she allowed herself to be caught no fewer than forty-seven times in various disguises.

占德林十分喜欢被焚烧，曾让自己在各种各样的化装形态下被人们抓住，其次数达四十七次之多。

Indeed, Wendelin the Weird enjoyed being burned so much that she allowed herself to be caught no less than fortyseven times in various disguises.

占德林十分喜欢被焚烧，曾让自己在各种各样的化装形态下被人们抓住，其次数达四十七次之多。

" Go and get what you came here for, " said the soothsayer. " Then leave at once."

“去拿你来这里的目的，”占说。 “那你赶紧离开吧。”

Miss Ingram placed herself at her leader’s right hand; the other diviners filled the chairs on each side of him and her.

英格拉姆小姐坐在领导的右手边；其他占坐在他和她两边的椅子上。

In one chapter he recounts various South American customs, such as an unfamiliar drink (" it tastes a bit sharp" ) and faith in soothsayers.

在其中章，他讲述了南美的各种习俗，比如种不常见的饮料（“它尝起来有点烈”）和对占的信仰。

Soothsayers predicted that  the siege would last ten years, and this turned out to be largely true – although the Greeks did  not lay siege to Troy for ten years straight!

占预言围攻将持续十年，事实证明这在很大程度上是正确的——尽管希腊人并没有连续十年围攻特洛伊！

And he knew that Bob Wade, simple and undefiled by literature — Bernald's specific affliction — had a free and personal way of judging men, and the diviner's knack of reaching their hidden springs.

他知道鲍勃·韦德，单纯而未被学所玷污——伯纳德特有的苦恼——有种自由而个人的判断人的方式，以及占触及他们隐藏的源泉的诀窍。