foregone

英 [ˈfɔːɡɒn]

美 [ˈfɔːrɡɔːn]

adj.  先前的，过去的，预知的
v.  （在位置时间或程度方面）走在…之前，居先( forego的过去分词 )

过去分词：foregone　

BNC.19944 / COCA.21504

习惯用语

adj.

a foregone conclusion
• 预料中的必然结局
  if you say that sth is a foregone conclusion , you mean that it is a result that is certain to happen

柯林斯词典

• 
  Foregoneis the past participle offorego.
• PHRASE 注定的结论;预料之中的必然结果
  If you say that a particular result isa foregone conclusion, you mean you are certain that it will happen.
  1. Most voters believe the result is a foregone conclusion...
     多数投票者认为这个结果是意料之中的。
  2. It's almost a foregone conclusion that you'll get what you want.
     你将得到你想要的，这几乎是确定无疑的。

英英释义

adj

• well in the past
  1. bygone days
  2. dreams of foregone times
  3. sweet memories of gone summers
  4. relics of a departed era
  Synonym:bygonebypastdepartedgone

双语例句

• The outcome of both votes was assumed to be a foregone conclusion.
  两次投票的结果被认为是早成定局的事。
• Subsidies under paragraph 1 shall include both budgetary outlays and revenue foregone by governments or their agents.
  第1款下的补贴应包括政府或其代理机构的预算支出和放弃的税收。
• A severe debt write-off by Greece and Portugal is a foregone conclusion; and in my view both countries would be better off without the euro.
  希腊和葡萄牙大笔勾销债务是预料中的必然结局；在我看来，如果退出欧元区，两国的境况将会更好。
• The result should be a foregone conclusion.
  这一结果本在预料之中。
• That is not a foregone conclusion, however.
  不过，这并非必然结果。
• This outcome is hardly a foregone conclusion.
  这样的结果并不是未卜先知。
• It soon became clear that a victory for Sampras was not a foregone conclusion.
  桑普拉斯并不一定会获胜，这很快就变得明朗了。
• Every decision means loss as well as gain& possibilities foregone as well as possibilities embraced.
  每个决定都会有得有失&你放弃一些机会的同时也抓住了另外一些。
• A machine cannot and is unable to help the human reader& an important opportunity foregone.
  但机器则不能且无法帮助人类读者&逝去的一个重要机遇。
• The outcome of the game is a foregone conclusion.
  这场比赛胜负已定。