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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Everything is brought together into a disturbing foreshadow of dreadful secrets.
  每一件事汇集到一起，预示着一个惊天的秘密，让人惶恐不安。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Excessive financial innovation causes the financial market to disintermediate and securitize day by day, amplify the leverage effect of derivatives and foreshadow the exceptional fluctuations of the financial market and frequent financial crisis.
  过度的金融创新使金融市场日益脱媒化和证券化，放大了衍生产品的杠杆效应，为金融市场异常剧烈波动、金融危机频发埋下了伏笔。