| 单词 | presentiment |
| 释义 | presentiment (once / 1893 pages) n Do you ever have the feeling that something bad is about to happen? That’s called a presentiment. The word presentiment comes from the Latin word præsentire, meaning “to sense beforehand.” Some people call it a "gut feeling." For example, if you leave for a trip and something doesn't feel right, you may chalk it up to just being nervous. But later, when your flight is cancelled and you lose your luggage, you may remember that little twinge — the presentiment that something bad was about to happen. WORD FAMILYpresentiment: presentiments+/sentiment: presentiment, sentimental, sentimentise, sentimentize, sentiments/sentimental: sentimentalest, sentimentalise, sentimentalism, sentimentality, sentimentalize, sentimentally, unsentimental/sentimentalise: sentimentalisation, sentimentalised, sentimentalises, sentimentalising/sentimentalism: sentimentalisms, sentimentalist/sentimentalist: sentimentalists/sentimentality: sentimentalities/sentimentalization: sentimentalizations/sentimentalize: sentimentalization, sentimentalized, sentimentalizes, sentimentalizing/unsentimental: unsentimentally USAGE EXAMPLESBoth the sermon’s theme and its presentiment of the rabbi’s death resonate with the theological essence of the High Holy Days. New York Times(Oct 01, 2016) Throughout the emotional celebrations, I felt presentiments of wariness even in the structure of the museum. Washington Post(Sep 25, 2016) There is a Cold War insistence on the proper signifiers of prosperity alongside a presentiment of doom. The New Yorker(Jul 25, 2016) n a feeling of evil to come the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case Syn|Hypo|Hyper boding, foreboding, premonition shadow a premonition of something adverse presagea foreboding about what is about to happen apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread fearful expectation or anticipation |
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