Now henry had cited a self-fulfilling prophecy .
现在亨利作出了个能自行实现的预言。
When you predict a negative outcome, you may be creating a self-fulfilling prophecy .
当你预测的是一个消极的结果,你也许会制造一个「自我实现」的预言。
That is less of a self-fulfilling prophecy than it might look since the table is not based solely on the World Cup qualifiers that have now come to an end.
与其说排名的预测準,倒不如说是排名的先后建立在世界杯预选赛的基础上。
But some Americans worry that China could make a cold war with America a self-fulfilling prophecy by trying to acquire more of the trappings of a global military power.
但一些美国人担心中国通过尝试获得全球性军事强国的能力而实现能与美国进行冷战的预言。