foresee
英 [fɔː'siː]
美[fɔr'si]
- vt. 预见；预知
词态变化
第三人称单数: foresees;过去式: foresaw;过去分词: foreseen;现在分词: foreseeing;
英英释意
- 1. realize beforehand
- 2. picture to oneself; imagine possible;
- "I cannot envision him as President"
- 3. act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
英文词源
- foresee (v.)
- Old English foreseon "have a premonition," from fore- "before" + seon "to see, see ahead" (see see (v.)). Perhaps modeled on Latin providere. Related: Foresaw; foreseeing; foreseen. Similar formation in Dutch voorzien, German vorsehen.
同义词辨析
forecast, foretell, predict, foresee
这些动词均含"预言，预示，预告"之意。
forecast： 指对未来事件的预报、推测或设想，侧重最终可能出现的结果。
foretell： 一般的通俗用语，往往指根据客观因素做出的预告，强调预先要发生的事。
predict： 较正常的正式用词，通常用于人。指根据事实或自然规律进行推断后作出预告，隐含有科学的准确性。
foresee： 指提前、预先料到将要发生的事或指对未发生的事情形成一种概念或判断。
考试真题
- According to an urban design professor, it is difficult for city designers to foresee what happen in the future.
2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B
- Either Entergy never really intended to live by those commitments, or it simply didn’t foresee what would happen next.
出自-2012年考研阅读原文
- Either Entergy never really intended to live by those commitments, or it simply didn't foresee what would happen next.
2012年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
- since technology has such an insatiable appetite for eating up human jobs, this phenomenon will continue to restructure our economy in ways we can't immediately foresee.
2014年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- It is impossible to foresee how life will work out.
- 不可能预知生命将如何发展。
牛津词典
- No one could have foreseen (that) things would turn out this way.
- 谁都没有预料到事情的结果会这样。
牛津词典
- The extent of the damage could not have been foreseen.
- 损害的程度是无法预见到的。
牛津词典
- We do not foresee any problems.
- 我们预料不会出任何问题。
牛津词典
- ...a dangerous situation which could have been foreseen...
- 原本可以预见到的危险情况
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He did not foresee any problems...
- 他没有预见到任何问题。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Thou mayest foresee also the things which will be.
- 你也可以预见将要发生的事情.
期刊摘选
- Hepatology Diges And how do you foresee further research and what are your plans continue?
- 国际肝病:您对进一步的研究有什么预期,接下来有什么研究计划?
期刊摘选
- We can't foresee the time when food raised in space will directly benefit humans below.
- 我们尚不能预言空间生产的食物什么时候能直接为人类受益.
辞典例句
- We can not foresee whether Barbara will recover from her cold soon.
- 我们不敢说芭芭拉的感冒很快就会痊愈.
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- I foresee that things will work out much better.
- (我可以预见一切事情将会进行顺利. )
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- Many observers foresee a great change for foreign investments.
- 许多观察家预计外国投资将发生巨大的变化.
辞典例句
- Others foresee future opportunities and problems.
- 还有一些人预测未来可能出现的机会和问题.
期刊摘选
- In view of this, we can foresee a bright future for geomancy in America.
- 有鉴于此, 我们可以预见风水在美国将大有可为.
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- As for the future, your task is not to foresee but to enable it.
- 对于未来你的任务不是预见,而是使之成为可能.
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- That is more than be can foresee.
- 那是他所不能预见的.
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- No one can foresee what will happen in the future.
- 谁也无法预见到将来会发生什么事.
《简明英汉词典》
- How do you foresee Wednesday game?
- 你对第二场比赛有什么预见?
期刊摘选
- Kathy: Sundance Film Festival boycotts all Hollywood films and we don't foresee ever including them.
- 凯西: 圣丹斯电影节抵制了所有的好莱坞电影,我们预计今后也不会涵盖它们.
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- It is hard to foresee what will happen.
- 很难预知将会发生之事.
辞典例句
- Its path against the yen is harder to foresee.
- 美元兑日元的前景很难看清.
期刊摘选
- Foresee, forgive, and forget.
- 预见, 原谅, 遗忘.
期刊摘选
- I think maybe it's because death is unknown to us and we cannot foresee its coming.
- 我觉得吧,因为死亡对于我们是未知数,我们无可预料它的到来.
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- You can't foresee what's going to happen, no one can.
- 我们不能预知将会发生什么, 也没有人能.
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- No one can foresee precisely what course it will take.
- 没有谁能够正确地预料事情将如何发展.
辞典例句
- He couldn't foresee that his journey would be delayed by bad weather.
- 他无法预料到他的旅行会因天气不好而推迟.
期刊摘选
- We can't foresee Steven as the manager.
- 我们无法想象史蒂文做经理的样子.
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- We know where it begins and ends, but we cannot foresee what happens during the journey.
- 我们知道它有起点和终点, 却无法预知沿途的经历.
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