| 单词 | foretell |
| 释义 | fore·tell /fɔːˈtel $ fɔːr-/ verb (past tense and past participle foretold /-ˈtəʊld $ -ˈtoʊld/) [transitive] formal ROMPREDICTto say what will happen in the future, especially by using special magical powers 〔尤指用超凡的能力〕预言 SYN predict the birth of Christ, foretold by prophets 先知们所预言的基督的诞生► see thesaurus at predict→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusforetell• Everything happened as Merlin foretold.• The most extreme pessimists foretell a future of demographically driven privation, environmental overshoot, and economic collapse.• The end of the world is foretold in the biblical book of Revelations.• This act, as noted above, had been foretold of the Messiah by the prophet Zechariah.• None of us had foretold that our games would end up on life-support systems in intensive care.• I am, but can not foretell the future.• It could not foretell the future.• Nostradamus is said to have foretold the rise of Hitler.• Luckily, they happen upon a blind poet who foretells their future and helps them start their journey.• I can not foretell what proposals it will contain, but without an effective ceasefire no one can be deployed.fore·tell verbChineseSyllable what especially by will say to happen in Corpus future, the |
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