| 单词 | foresee |
| 释义 | foresee (fɔːʳsiː ) Word forms: foresees , foreseeing , foresaw , foreseen verb If you foresee something, you expect and believe that it will happen. He did not foresee any problems. [VERB noun] ...a dangerous situation which could have been foreseen. [VERB noun] He could never have foreseen that one day his books would sell in millions. [VERB that] Synonyms: predict, forecast, anticipate, envisage Collocations: foresee a need She did not foresee the need for an emergency caesarean at 32 weeks. Times, Sunday Times In doing so, the organization foresaw the need for rapid organizational growth in order to survive the on coming competitive times. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The designers therefore foresaw the need for a second safety system to reduce the risk on an accident. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He foresaw the need for color: the intense moody blues of his refined cyanotypes reflect this concern. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A man may foresee the possibility of harm and yet be negligent in respect of that harm ensuing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The appellant, as a reasonable and prudent person, must have foreseen the possibility that an attack by the baboon could have fatal results. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This foresees the possibility that geographically distinct operations may constitute one workplace. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He recognised that the growth in adult readership of comics since the 1970s was due to nostalgia, but did not foresee the potential for a development of the medium. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All our great social reformers foresaw the potential moral hazard of induced dependency on the state and a diminished sense of personal responsibility. Times, Sunday Times He foresaw the potential for agriculture to play an important role in the bio-technology and the environment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He did not foresee any problem, however, as he was also the dean of medicine - so he would have to go off and discuss it with himself. Times, Sunday Times While most people we surveyed in the report didn't foresee a problem with combining back-office processes in principle, they were more cautious about how it would affect them personally. Times, Sunday Times I couldn't foresee any problems with the nutmeg sauce. Times, Sunday Times Declarer should have foreseen that problem and ruffed with one of dummy's high honours, say the king. Times, Sunday Times We didn't foresee the problems this would cause later on. Times, Sunday Times You will not need a crystal ball to foresee the outcome, but it makes for shocking viewing, all the same. Times, Sunday Times Who can foresee the outcome? The Sun No one could have foreseen the outcome of this man's intent and nothing was going to alter his trajectory. Times, Sunday Times When once again the oak falls in the storm, the reed jeeringly asks if he had not foreseen the outcome correctly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But their ability to foresee the future has been thrown into question, and their predictions sought a bit less as a result. The Sun (2017) But pretending to foresee the future is still a popular superstition. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Being able to foresee the future isn't part of our human condition. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Translations: Chinese: 预见 Japanese: 予見する |
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