| 单词 | foreseeable |
| 释义 | foreseeable (fɔːʳsiːəbəl ) 1. adjective If a future event is foreseeable, you know that it will happen or that it can happen, because it is a natural or obvious consequence of something else that you know. It seems to me that this crime was foreseeable and this death preventable. People should be held accountable for the foreseeable consequences of their actions. 2. for the foreseeable future phrase If you say that something will happen for the foreseeable future or for the foreseeable, you think that it will continue to happen for a long time. Profit and dividend growth looks like being above average for the foreseeable future. I'm here for the foreseeable, for as long as they want me. 3. in the foreseeable future phrase If you say that something will happen in the foreseeable future you mean that you think it will happen fairly soon. So, might they finally have free elections in the foreseeable future? Collocations: reasonably foreseeable The threshold question was whether that kind of harm to that particular employee was reasonably foreseeable. Times, Sunday Times It was not reasonably foreseeable that such injury would be likely to be serious, let alone as severe as the injury sustained by the claimant. Times, Sunday Times It was now accepted that there could be no recovery for damage that had not been reasonably foreseeable. Times, Sunday Times It asked itself whether, at the time the conservatory was built, the loss or damage was 'reasonably foreseeable to the claimants themselves'. Times, Sunday Times Regulation 4 (4) provided that 'suitable' meant suitable in any respect which it was reasonably foreseeable would affect the health and safety of any person. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 可预见的 Japanese: 予知できる |
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