something that is self-fulfilling is certain to happen because people think it is likely and then behave in ways that make it happen 会应验的;自然会实现的 self-fulfilling prophecy : It's a self-fulfilling prophecy: traders get scared so share prices fall because of them. 这是个一定会应验的预言:交易商们害怕了,因而股票价格便下跌。
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