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Foreshadow Dark Clouds Bad 英 Fɔː'ʃædəʊ] 美 Fɔːr'ʃædoʊ V.预示;预兆

英语单词 foreshadow
英美音标 英 [fɔː'ʃædəʊ] 美 [fɔːr'ʃædoʊ]
中文释义 v.预示;预兆
英语例句 (1) Those dark clouds foreshadow a storm.
(2) Their words foreshadow events to come.
(3) The book then uses this information to foreshadow the direction that future anti-neoplastic therapies will take.
中文例句 (1) 那些乌云预示着有一场暴风雨。
(2) 他们的话预示了所将要发生的事情。
(3) 书然后使用这讯息预兆将来的反新生物的治疗将带的指示。
vocabulary简明 To foreshadow is to predict something or to give a hint of what is to come. Your kid sister's ability to take apart a toaster and put it back together might foreshadow a successful career in electronics.
vocabulary扩展 The verb foreshadow is often defined as "warning" or has a suggestion of something bad to come, though sometimes it's more neutral or shows examples of both good and bad predictions. Dark gray clouds foreshadow a thunderstorm, just as spring showers foreshadow May flowers. What is foreshadowed doesn't always happen, though. A story might not foreshadow a happily-ever-after ending, but then it takes an unexpected twist, and the villain turns out to be a hero.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]预示;是…的预兆 If something foreshadows an event or situation, it suggests that it will happen.
  [V n]
  • 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。

  • 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。

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