单词 | future |
释义 | future adj. & n. --adj   1. a going or expected to happen or be or become (his future career). b that will be something specified (my future wife). c that will be after death (a future life).   2. a of time to come (future years). b Gram. (of a tense or participle) describing an event yet to happen. --n   1. time to come (past, present, and future).   2. what will happen in the future (the future is uncertain).   3. the future condition of a person, country, etc.   4. a prospect of success etc. (there's no future in it).   5. Gram. the future tense.   6. (in pl.) Stock Exch. a goods and stocks sold for future delivery. b contracts for these. Phrases and idioms for the future = in future. future perfect Gram. a tense giving the sense will have done. future shock inability to cope with rapid progress. in future from now onwards. Derivatives futureless adj. Etymology: ME f. OF futur -ure f. L futurus future part. of esse be f. stem fu- be |
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