| 单词 | forewarn |
| 释义 | fore·warn /fɔːˈwɔːn $ fɔːrˈwɔːrn/ verb [transitive] 1 WARNto warn someone about something dangerous, unpleasant, or unexpected before it happens 预先警告，事先告知be forewarned of/about something We’d been forewarned of the dangers of travelling at night. 我们预先被告知夜间行路有什么危险。n Grammar Forewarn is often used in the passive.► see thesaurus at warn2. forewarned is forearmed KNOW somethingused to say that it is better to know about something before it happens, so that you can be prepared for it 凡事预则立，先知先戒备，有备无患 —forewarning noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusforewarn• The closure order came on a Sunday night, with no forewarning.• There was no-one to explain that leprosy was a disease that gave no forewarning.• She wanted him but couldn't have him and she must deal with that because he had forewarned her.• Barry Hearn forewarned me that the meeting was going to be tough.• Through astrology one could be forewarned of the exact time of his coming.• A police team, forewarned of the raid, had taken up positions inside the bank.• Yet she had timed her appearance so exactly that it seemed as if she had been forewarned of the train's arrival.fore·warn verb →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable something unexpected dangerous, warn or to about before Corpus unpleasant, someone |
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