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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
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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 futurepredict:  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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Spoken:

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

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