foreknow

vt. 预知, 预见

发音

UK /ˌfɔːˈnəʊ/
其它
US /ˌfɔɹˈnoʊ/

词形变化

foreknew foreknowing foreknown foreknows 三单 foreknows foreknowing 现在分词 foreknew 过去式 foreknown 过去式 foreknown 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To have knowledge of beforehand.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

anticipate foresee previse

上位词 4

see understand realize realise

词源

From Middle English forknowen (since Chaucer), a calque from praescio equivalent to fore- + know. Replaced Old English fōrwitan, fōrewitan (“to foreknow”).

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