If someone is prescient, they see what is coming — or we say so after they turned out to be right.

If someone is prescient如果一個人prescient（有先見之明）, they see what is coming表示他們看得到未來會發生什麼 — or或者是 we say so after they turned out to be right事後證明他們說對了，大家才這樣講。

It is a formal, slightly bookish adjective. News and book reviews love it: a prescient warning, a prescient essay from ten years ago.

It is a formal, slightly bookish adjective這是一個正式、有點書面味的形容詞。 News and book reviews love it新聞和書評很愛用這個字: a prescient warning像「有先見之明的警告」, a prescient essay from ten years ago或「十年前一篇有先見之明的文章」。

Though actually, almost nobody says “I am prescient” about themselves. It is praise you give from the outside, often later, when the future has already arrived.

Though actually不過其實, almost nobody says "I am prescient" about themselves幾乎沒有人會說自己「我很prescient」。 It is praise you give from the outside這是別人從旁邊給的稱讚, often later通常是事後才給的, when the future has already arrived等未來已經發生了才這樣說。

It does not have to mean magic. A careful doctor, a good reporter, or a novelist can be called prescient. People stretch it for anyone who guessed well, which makes the word a little softer than the Latin suggests (foreknowing).

It does not have to mean magic它不一定表示什麼神奇的能力。 A careful doctor, a good reporter, or a novelist一個細心的醫生、一個好記者，或一個小說家 can be called prescient都可能被說成prescient。 People stretch it for anyone who guessed well只要猜對了，大家就會用這個字, which makes the word a little softer than the Latin suggests所以這個字的意思比拉丁字源 (foreknowing)（預先知道）來得軟一點。

In daily talk we still prefer “She called it” or “He saw it coming.”

In daily talk日常講話裡, we still prefer我們還是比較常說 "She called it""She called it"，也就是「她早就說中了」 or "He saw it coming."或"He saw it coming."，也就是「他早就看出來了」。