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foretell

[英] [fɔ:ˈtel, fəʊr-] [美] [fɔrˈtɛl, for-] 生词本

vt. 预言，预示

过去式： foretold
过去分词： foretold
现在分词： foretelling
第三人称单数： foretells

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1. VERB 预言;预知;预测 If you foretell a future event, you predict that it will happen.

...prophets who have foretold the end of the world.

预言了世界末日的先知

Verb

1. foreshadow or presage

synonym： announce，annunciate，harbinger，herald

2. make a prediction about; tell in advance;

"Call the outcome of an election"

synonym： predict，prognosticate，call，forebode，anticipate，promise

3. indicate by signs;

"These signs bode bad news"

synonym： bode，portend，auspicate，prognosticate，omen，presage，betoken，foreshadow，augur，prefigure，forecast，predict

1. Astronomers can accurately foretell the date,time,and length of future eclipses.: 天文学家能精确地预告未来日食月食的日期、时刻和时长。

2. The outcome of the war is hard to foretell.: 战争胜负难以预卜。

3. Willow trees breaking out into buds foretell the coming of spring.: 柳枝绽青报春来。