参考词典中foretell的常规释义:
基本释义
- vt. 预言,预告,预示
词形变化
- 时 态:fore·told, fore·tell·ing, fore·tells名 词:fore·tell'er
参考例句
- The prophet foretold a glorious future for the young ruler.
那先知预言这年轻的统治者会有辉煌的前程。 - Something difficult or impossible to foretell or foresee.
难料之事难以或不可能预料或预见的事物 - The outcome of the war is hard to foretell.
战争胜负难以预卜。 - We can't foretell how the world will end.
我们不能预言世界将如何终结。 - She could foretell what his reaction would be.
她能预先说出他会有什麽反应。
- The prophet foretold a glorious future for the young ruler.
英英解释
3个动词解释
- foreshadow or presage
[同] foretell, harbinger, herald, announce, annunciate - make a prediction about; tell in advance
[同] forebode, foretell, anticipate, call, predict, prognosticate, promise
[例]- Call the outcome of an election
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- indicate by signs
[同] forecast, foreshadow, foretell, augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate
[例]- These signs bode bad news
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