oracle
美 [ˈɔrək(ə)l] 
英 [ˈɒrək(ə)l]
- n.预言；先知；神谕；(古希腊的)神谕宣示所
- 网络甲骨文；甲骨文公司；数据库
词形变化
复数：oracles 同义词
英汉双解
1. | （古希腊的）神示所；（传达神谕的）牧师，女祭司(in ancient Greece) a place where people could go to ask the gods for advice or information about the future; the priest or priestess through whom the gods were thought to give their message |
| They consulted the oracle at Delphi. 他们在德尔斐神示所向神请示。 |
2. | （古希腊常有隐含意义的）神谕，神示(in ancient Greece) the advice or information that the gods gave, which often had a hidden meaning |
3. | [ususing] 能提供宝贵信息的人（或书）；权威；智囊a person or book that gives valuable advice or information |
| My sister's the oracle on investment matters. 我姐姐是个万无一失的投资顾问。 |
英汉解释
n. | 1. 神使,先知,预言者,大智者,〔常谑〕圣人,哲人 |
英英解释
例句
Kony appeared to believe earnestly in her mission and ideology and he shared her past as a healer-oracle.
科尼据称虔诚地追随拉奎那的使命和信念，并且也曾经做过治疗师和巫师。
How much would you pay to dine with the Oracle of Omaha?
你会花多少钱跟奥哈马市的圣人共进午餐呢？
Sun's other crown jewel is Solaris, its highly reliable operating system, which is often used as the platform for Oracle's databases.
Sun的另一颗明珠是Solaris操作系统，该系统性能极其稳定，经常作为甲骨文数据库的操作平台来使用。
All the tickets for the concert had been sold. Fortunately, I knew one of the actors, and by working the oracle we were able to see it.
音乐会票已全部售完。幸亏，我认识一个演员，通过关系才入了场。
For this year at least, however, whilst Oracle has decided to run the conference alongside Oracle OpenWorld, it remains a separate event.
然而至少对于今年来说，Oracle已经决定在举办OracleOpenWorld的同时召开JavaOne大会——依旧是场独立的大会。
The Oracle of Delphi, speaking for the god Apollo, told him he would kill his father and marry his mother.
代表阿波罗神意志的特尔斐神谕说，俄狄浦斯会杀死自己的父亲，和自己的母亲结婚。
I think she was a girl. You know, in stories, Oracle are always female.
我觉得她是个女生。要知道，在故事里，贤者总是女性。
You bring out all this stuff, as if it were the last revelation from some kind of oracle.
你说的都是废话，而装的倒象某种神灵的最后启示。
"There has got to be a better way, " Robert Hoffman, vice-president of government & public affairs at Oracle, said.
甲骨文（Oracle）负责政府与公共事务的副总裁罗伯特-霍夫曼（RobertHoffman）表示：“应该有更好的办法。”
Colonel Qaddafi came to be referred to as the Leader or the Guide, the oracle for an unsteady revolution.
卡扎菲开始被称为“领袖”或“舵手”，口吐无常革命之神谕。
But Ellison says he expects to see it through and has no plans to leave Oracle any time soon.
但埃利森说，他有信心度过困难，而且短期内没有离开甲骨文的计划。
The lips of a king speak as an oracle, and his mouth should not betray justice.
王的嘴中有神语，审判之时，他的口必不差错。
He said that he decided to go public because Oracle failed to do so.
但由于甲骨文没有这麽做，他决定公开这个安全漏洞。
He said it is possible to change the default settings on Oracle's software to thwart potential hackers looking to exploit the vulnerability.
他表示，改变甲骨文软件的默认设置可能会阻止黑客利用这个安全漏洞。
The announcement was followed by an all-day event were Oracle presented its future plans for the Sun technologies and platforms.
近日Oracle宣布了对Sun技术与平台的未来规划。
Taking over Sun, he said this week, provides Oracle with all the pieces to put together systems that reach from "application to disk" .
本周他表示，对Sun公司的收购使得甲骨文拥有了装配计算机系统的所有部件，从“应用软件到磁盘硬件”。
For about a year, Alice Lakwena, as she was now known, worked as a healer and oracle.
我们现在所熟知的艾丽丝.拉奎那，作为一个巫师和治疗师工作了很多年。
To put it another way, while Google has been trying to eat Microsoft's lunch, maybe it makes sense to have a bite of Oracle's as well.
换句话说，虽然谷歌一直在尝试争夺微软的地盘，如果和甲骨文（Oracle）拼一拼，或许也是有道理的。
SQL Anywhere or UltraLite fractional seconds cannot be preserved when using an Oracle DATE data type which has no fractional seconds.
使用没有小数秒的OracleDATE数据类型时，将不会保留SQLAnywhere或UltraLite小数秒。
But I see clearly that the time had arrived when it was better for me to die and be released from trouble wherefore the oracle gave no sign.
我清楚地知道现在对我来说，死亡比在世为佳。我可以摆脱一切烦恼，因此未有神谕显现。
Using objects known as rollback segments, Oracle constructs read-consistent views of data as of the point in time a SQL statement is issued.
Oracle使用名为“回滚段”的对象在发出SQL语句的时间点处构造读取一致数据视图。
The lawsuit is trying to put the genie back in the bottle.
Oracle的这次诉讼正在试图将精灵放回瓶中。
So fearful was Cronos of the Oracle's prediction that his own children would rise against him that he decided to imprison all in his belly.
他非常害怕女祭祀的预言，他的孩子成长后会推翻他，所以他决定把他们全部囚禁在自己的肚子中。
As the oracle said, the beginning of wisdom is: know thyself.
如（古希腊）神谕所说：智慧从认识自己开始！
Oracle has said in an SEC filing that Sun informed it of the matter.
甲骨文曾在向SEC提交的报告中说，Sun向其通报了此事。
"The Oracle cloud is a little different, " Ellison now said, as if adding his own brand of gibberish to the cloud conversation.
“甲骨文的云有点不一样，”埃里森现在这样说，他似乎是在给关于云计算的对话添加一份属于他自己的“胡言乱语”。
The Oracle told him to leave Psyche on a mountainside where a serpent would take her away.
神喻说，将普赛克置于山腰，一条大毒蛇会将她带走。
After the war, the victory thank the oracle for celebrating the victory, the defeated seek the oracle to ask the way of restoring strength.
战后，胜利方为庆祝胜利而答谢神谕，战败方为恢复实力而求问神谕。
Near the end of the Net Configuration Assistant there might be an option to test the connection to the Oracle Subscriber.
在NetConfigurationAssistant快要结束的时候，可能会出现一个选项，用于测试与Oracle订阅服务器的连接。
Further integrating Oracle's and Sun's products seems to be one of the main reasons for the takeover.
看起来进一步融合甲骨文和Sun的产品是这次收购的主要原因了。
The first retrieves information about Products of a certain brand; this information is all stored in a single Oracle table.
第一个检索特定品牌的Product信息；这些信息都保存在一个Oracle表中。
Frustrated by his lack of male heirs, Acrisius sought an oracle and was told that he would be killed by his daughter's son.
得不到男子继承人的挫败感让阿克里修斯得到了一个神谕，得知他会被自己女儿的儿子所杀。
Jobs's friend Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle, had a private jet, and he designed its interior with a great deal of care.
乔布斯的朋友拉里·埃里森，甲骨文的创建者，有一架私人飞机，他设计机身内部使其更加舒适。
The suit could further ratchet up the tension between H-P and Oracle, which had previously been partners on a number of fronts.
该诉讼将进一步加剧惠普和甲骨文之间的紧张关系，而之前这两家公司在很多领域都是合作伙伴。
For years, the company has been a close partner with H. P. , whichsells computing systems and services to corporations.
多年来，Oracle一直都是向大企业销售计算系统和服务的惠普的亲密合作伙伴。
For example, one Oracle database wrapper is all that's needed for any number of Oracle data sources.
举例来说，注册一个Oracle数据库包装器即可访问任意数量的Oracle数据源。
Ironically. when Dalai Lama fled China in 1959, it was Dorje Shugden's oracle that told him to run.
有讽刺意味的是，1959年达赖逃离中国的时候，有人借多杰雄登的“神谕”告诉他赶紧跑。
Whether or not this was good for consumers can be debated, but it was undeniably good for Oracle shareholders.
收购是否有利于消费者值得商榷，但对甲骨文的股东来说毫无疑问是有利的。
It was a tacit admission that Oracle needed to become, in the age of the cloud, a service company just like IBM.
这等于心照不宣地承认，在云时代里，甲骨文公司需要效仿IBM，转型为一家服务公司。
A legacy system might need a runtime environment for it to run like Oracle Frames, or it might run on its own on the operating system.
遗留系统的运行可能会需要OracleFrames之类的运行时环境，或者可能独立在操作系统上运行。
