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

• 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。
• The answers in the first area foreshadow most of the rest.
  而第一个问题的答案恰巧预示了其余几个方面。
• In addition to identifying relative price levels and volatility, Bollinger Bands can be combined with price action and other indicators to generate signals and foreshadow significant moves.
  除了确定相对价格水平和波动，布林线可与价格行为和其他指标产生的信号和预示重大举措。
• To a certain degree, the controversies and mysteries of the gothic novel precisely echo with the uncertainty of this era and foreshadow the arrival of the Romantic period.
  在某种程度上，哥特小说的神秘和争议恰恰是这种不确定性的一种表现，并且预示了同样充满神秘感和争议的浪漫主义时代的到来。
• But what we'll do, just to foreshadow a little bit, what I'll do at the beginning of the next lecture is what's at the end of your notes here.
  给大家一个提示，我们下节课开始要讲的将是，你们讲义上这部分的最后。
• 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。
• The first is that they foreshadow an emerging international orthodoxy.
  第一是因为这些措施有利于跨国银行的健康发展。
• 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。
• A breakup of the euro would foreshadow more than a decisive weakening in the ties binding Germany to Europe. It would rob France of its remaining political leadership.
  欧元崩盘不仅仅预示着德国与欧洲之间的联系将遭到决定性的削弱，而且还会让法国失去现有的政治领导地位。