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

• 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 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。