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

• Insider transactions often foreshadow stock movements: some hedge funds employ analysts tracking little else.
  内部人交易往往预示着股价的走势：有些对冲基金聘请的分析师只跟踪此类交易。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。