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Foresee Sth Foresaw Fɔːˈsiː Verb Foreseen   [V V

The word "foresee" means to expect or know that something will happen in the future. It is a verb, and its past tense is "foresaw" and past participle is "foreseen".

foresee /fɔː(r)si͟ː/ [VERB 动词] 预见;预知;预料 If you foresee something, you expect and believe that it will happen.

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/fɔː(r)si͟ː/
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[VERB 动词]预见;预知;预料 If you foresee something, you expect and believe that it will happen.
  [V n]
  [V that]
  [Also V wh]
  • He did not foresee any problems...

    他没有预见到任何问题。

  • ...a dangerous situation which could have been foreseen...

    原本可以预见到的危险情况

  • He could never have foreseen that one day his books would sell in millions.

    他从来没预想过有一天他的书会卖掉几百万本。


Oxford fore·see / fɔːˈsiː ; NAmE fɔːrˈsiː / verb ( fore·saw / fɔːˈsɔː ; NAmE fɔːrˈsɔː / , fore·seen / fɔːˈsiːn ; NAmE fɔːrˈsiːn / ) to think sth is going to happen in the future; to know about sth before it happens 预料;预见;预知 SYN
predict
foreseesth ◆ We do not foresee any problems. 我们预料不会出任何问题。 ◆ The extent of the damage could not have been foreseen. 损害的程度是无法预见到的。 foresee(that)… ◆ No one could have foreseen (that) things would turn out this way. 谁都没有预料到事情的结果会这样。 foreseehow, what, etc… ◆ It is impossible to foresee how life will work out. 不可能预知生命将如何发展。 foreseesb/sth doing sth ◆ I just didn't foresee that happening. 我只是没预料到会发生那种事。 ☞compare
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foresee foresees foresaw foreseeing foreseen
fore·see / fɔːˈsiː ; NAmE fɔːrˈsiː / fore·saw / fɔːˈsɔː ; NAmE fɔːrˈsɔː / fore·seen / fɔːˈsiːn ; NAmE fɔːrˈsiːn /
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foreseefore‧see /fɔːˈsiː $ fɔːr-/ ●○○ verb (past tense foresaw /-ˈsɔː $ -ˈsɒː/, past participle foreseen /-ˈsiːn/) [transitive]
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to think or know that something is going to happen in the future → predict:  I’ve put your name on the list and I don’t foresee any problems. The disaster could not have been foreseen.foresee that Few analysts foresaw that oil prices would rise so steeply.foresee what/how etc No one foresaw what he was planning.► see thesaurus at
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foresee

[fɔ:ˈsi:]foresaw, foreseen, foreseeing, foresees

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foresaw[370] foreseen[717]
预见(78%),预知(22%)
vt.预见;预知

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