| 单词 | foregone intention |
| 释义 | > as lemmasforegone intention b. foregone conclusion: a Shakespearean phrase, variously interpreted by commentators (see conclusion n. 15). Now used for: A decision or opinion already formed before the case is argued or the full evidence known (hence foregone intention, foregone opinion, etc.); also, a result or upshot that might have been foreseen as inevitable. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [noun] > premature judgement forejudgement1548 prejudice1583 prejudication1606 foregone conclusiona1616 the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > settled beforehand fore-purpose1829 foregone intention1868 the mind > will > necessity > [noun] > inevitability > inevitable result foregone conclusion1878 the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > outcome or that which results > foregone conclusion foregone conclusion1878 a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 433 But this denoted a fore-gone conclusion . View more context for this quotation 1823 C. Lamb New Year's Eve in Elia 62 I plunge into foregone visions and conclusions. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iii. 286 Starting always with a foregone conclusion, he arrived of course where he wished to arrive. 1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 186 The Archbishop was simply carrying out..the foregone intention of the King. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 387 That struggle was heroic..but the conclusion was foregone. < as lemmas |
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