foresee

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vt. 预见, 预知

发音

US /fɔɹˈsi/
UK /fɔːˈsiː/

词形变化

foresaw foreseeing foreseen foresees 三单 foresees foreseest foreseeth foreseeing 现在分词 foresaw 过去式 foreseen 过去式 foreseen 过去分词

别名

forsee

教材释义与例句

动词

预见；预知

to think or know that something is going to happen in the future

I've put your name on the list and I don't foresee any problems.

我把你的名字写在名单上了，估计不会有什么问题。

The disaster could not have been foreseen.

这场灾难是始料未及的。

释义与例句

v. B2
  1. 1.

    To perceive (a situation or event) in advance.

  2. 2.

    To provide.

    预知

    预见

    废旧

词汇关系

动词

同义词 6

counter anticipate envision forestall foreknow previse

上位词 9

see understand move act imagine realize realise envisage ideate

词源

From Middle English foreseen, forseen, from Old English foresēon; equivalent to fore- + see. Similar formations in Dutch voorzien, German vorsehen, Latin prōvideō, (whence provide and purvey), Ancient Greek πρόοιδα (próoida), Polish przewidzieć, Russian провидеть (providetʹ).

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