foreshadow

英 [fɔːˈʃædəʊ]

美 [fɔːrˈʃædoʊ]

v.  预示; 是…的预兆

过去式：foreshadowed　过去分词：foreshadowed　第三人称单数：foreshadows　现在分词：foreshadowing　

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BNC.18942 / COCA.15685

牛津词典

verb

• 预示；是…的预兆
  to be a sign of sth that will happen in the future

柯林斯词典

• VERB 预示;是…的预兆
  If somethingforeshadowsan event or situation, it suggests that it will happen.
  1. The disappointing sales figures foreshadow more redundancies...
     令人失望的销售额预示着会有更多人被裁员。
  2. The change proposed last month was foreshadowed in the March Budget.
     上个月提议的变动在 3 月份的预算中已经有所预兆了。

英英释义

verb

• indicate by signs
  1. These signs bode bad news
  Synonym:bodeportendauspicateprognosticateomenpresagebetokenaugurforetellprefigureforecastpredict

双语例句

• If investors only look at closing prices, they could miss big intraday drops or rallies that can foreshadow longer-term moves for the company.
  如果投资者只是关注收盘价，他们可能会错过能够预示股价长期走势的盘中的大起大落。
• The end of 20th and the beginning of the 21~ ( st) centuries witnessed great changes in the study of aesthetics in China, which are closely related to the study of Marxist aesthetics and foreshadow the future developments in this specific area.
  20世纪末与21世纪初，中国美学研究正在经历着一次重要的转换。这一转换与中国已往马克思美学思想研究有着深层的联系，同时也昭示了今后的发展前景。
• The disappointing sales figures foreshadow more redundancies
  令人失望的销售额预示着会有更多人被裁员。
• Firstly, it will generally describe the definition and development of USUS, types and characters of USUS and functions and effects of USUS in order to foreshadow fundamental theories.
  本文首先对高校社团的内涵及发展、类型与特点、功能与作用三个方面进行了阐述，为论文作了基本理论上的铺垫。
• No ancient polity ever embodied constitutional democracy, and one dares to hope that ancient tragedy did not even foreshadow it.
  古代政治制度在实践上并没有立宪国民代议制，而且可以料想，他们也不曾在悲剧方面“预料”到这种制度。
• The questions it raises foreshadow much of the subject matter of this anthology.
  它掀起的问题是提前预示了很多这次选文的本质问题。
• For instance, they foreshadow good or bad fortunes in the face of Jane Eyre and reveal Jane's heart filled with fire to the readers;
  它们预示简将面对的或好或坏的运气，向读者揭示了简充满激情的内心。
• Her early days certainly didn't foreshadow a speed skater who would donate$ 10,000 out of her own bank account to the humanitarian group Right To Play after winning gold at the2006 Turin Olympics.
  在赢得2006年都灵奥运会金牌之后，她从自己的银行账户中拿出10000加元捐助给了人道主义组织“体育权力组织”。她早年的生活显然没有预示出成为一名速度滑冰运动员的先兆。
• The change proposed last month was foreshadowed in the March Budget.
  上个月提议的变动在3月份的预算中已经有所预兆了。
• In a field replete with activity, this latest twist in function may foreshadow even more faces of these intriguing micromolecules.
  在这个充满活力的领域，功能上的最近研究预示着这些引人注意的微分子可能有更多的研究前景。