传神谕者被期盼能预言未来。

The oracles were expected to divine the future.

该理论认为，我们要看看市场的神谕。

The theory is that we have to look at markets as oracles.

大地是万物之母，石头就是她的尸骨。 我们可以往身后扔石头，我想神谕说的就是这个意思。

The earth is the great parent of all; the stones are her bones; these we may cast behind us; this, I think, the oracle means.

So magic in a pagan system, Kaufman claims, is a way of getting around the gods, circumventing the capricious will of the gods and demons.

考夫曼宣称，异教系统中的法术，可以用来应付众神,能使反复无常的神谕和恶魔的诅咒失灵。

These people knew more than anybody else about these things, and so consulting that oracle was a very rational act indeed.

这里的人比别地的人知道得多,所以请示神谕,实际上是有一定道理的

The Delphic Oracle is interpreted by Socrates at least to command engaging with others in philosophical conversation.

苏格拉底如此解译德尔菲神谕,至少是为了要能够,和其它人进行哲学对话。