| 释义 |
foreseeforesee /fɔrˈsi/ ●○○ verb (past tense foresaw /-ˈsɔ/, past participle foreseen /-ˈsin/) [transitive] formal VERB TABLEforesee |
| Present | I, you, we, they | foresee | | he, she, it | foresees | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | foresaw | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have foreseen | | he, she, it | has foreseen | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had foreseen | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will foresee | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have foreseen |
THESAURUSto say that something will happen before it happens► predictto say that something will happen before it happens: The newspapers are predicting a close election. ► forecast to say what is likely to happen in the future, based on information you have. You use forecast about numbers and the weather: The number of passengers using the airport is forecast to rise. ► project to calculate what the amount or cost of something will be in the future, using the information that you have now: Energy prices are projected to rise by over 50% in the next 10 years. ► foresee to know that something will happen before it happens: No one could have foreseen the huge problems that occurred. ► anticipate formal to expect that something will happen and be ready for it: We anticipated that a lot of people would come, so we had enough food. ► prophesy/foretell to use religious or magical knowledge to say what will happen in the future. Used in stories and literature: The priestess prophesied that the king would be killed by his own son. ► have a premonition to have a strong feeling that something bad is about to happen: He had a premonition that his happiness was about to end. to know that something will happen before it happens: I don’t foresee any problems.foresee that Few analysts foresaw that oil prices would rise so steeply.foresee what No one could have foreseen what would happen.► see thesaurus at predict |