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

• 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。
• Classic conditioning also acts to foreshadow events, which can also subconsciously make players become frightened, excited or in some other mood.
  经典条件作用能够预示事情的发生，还使玩家潜意识觉得恐惧，兴奋或有其它心情。
• The two authors both based on their wandering life to foreshadow rich experience for their creation so as to form the tragic consciousness of life;
  两位作家都以流浪生活的体验为基础，为创作铺垫了丰富的生活底蕴，形成了生命的悲剧意识；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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 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 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。
• 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。