1834 in the psychic sense; see clairvoyant (adj.). Earlier it was used in the sense "clear-sighted person" (1794). Fem. form was Clairvoyante.
clairvoyant (adj.)
"having psychic gifts," 1837, earlier "having insight" (1670s), from special use of French clairvoyant "clear-sighted, discerning, judicious" (13c.), from clair (see clear (adj.)) + voyant "seeing," present participle of voir, from Latin videre "to see" (see vision).
实用例句
1. You did not have to be a clairvoyant to see that the war would go on.
就算没有未卜先知的能力也能料到战争会持续下去。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Love is blind, but friendship is clairvoyant.
爱是盲目的，友谊则能洞察一切。
来自辞典例句
3. It is said the love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.
据说爱情令人盲目,而友谊却能让人醍醐灌顶.
来自互联网
4. Open a window that commercial port is clairvoyant China latter - day socioeconomic oneself.
自开商埠是透视中国近代社会经济的一个窗口.
来自互联网
5. Those whom are clairvoyant have often come to understand past lives.
