foretell

foretell音标

英 [fɔ:ˈtel]

美 [fɔ:rˈtel]

foretell基本释义

v.预言；预告；预示

foretell用法及例句

foretell

verb

1. indicate by signs

e.g. These signs bode bad news

Synonym: bodeportendauspicateprognosticateomenpresagebetokenforeshadowaugurprefigureforecastpredict

2. make a prediction abouttell in advance

e.g. Call the outcome of an election

Synonym: predictprognosticatecallforebodeanticipatepromise

3. foreshadow or presage

Synonym: announceannunciateharbingerherald

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

e.g. ...prophets who have foretold the end of the world.预言了世界末日的先知

1. 预测：forestall 预先阻止 | foretell 预测 | forethought 预谋,预筹

2. 预测,预示,预言：foregoing 在前的,前面的 | foretell 预测,预示,预言 | forge 锻造

3. 预言：forest 森林 | foretell 预言 | forever 永远地

4. foretell

4. 预言/预告/预示/成为...的预兆/卜/预卜：foretaste /预尝/先试/快乐地期待/先尝/试吃/ | foretell /预言/预告/预示/成为...的预兆/卜/预卜/ | forethigh /前臂部/

It is impossible to foretell the future with any degree of accuracy.

出自：E. M. Forster

近义词

临近词

omen征兆

promise诺言

divine神圣的

auspicate卜得吉兆而开始...

prefigure预示

harbinger先驱

foresee预见

herald使者

forebode预兆

forecast预测

announce宣布

annunciate公布

read识字

bode预示

prophesy预言

predict预言

foreshadow预示

betoken预示

augur占兆官

portend 成为 ... 的前兆...

prognosticate预知

call呼叫

anticipate预期

presage预感

foretellable

Foretelling Her Birth and Enlightenment

foretell failure

forever

forestry

foretelling

相关列句

Just as thunder precedes lightning, earthquakes often foretell volcanic activity.(就像雷预示着闪电的出现一样，地震通常会预示着火山的爆发。)

That data will help us do remarkable things like foretell the future.(这些数据将帮助我们做一些了不起的事情，比如预测未来。)

If so, the rally in the past three months should foretell an economic boom ahead.(如果真是这样的话，过去3月的反弹理应可预言未来的繁荣。)

We can't foretell how the world will end.(我们不能预言世界将如何终结。)

Many Japanese believe their blood type can foretell success in romance and the suitability for jobs.(很多日本人相信根据血型能预测爱情能否成功、工作是否合适。)

In the process of the life, I cannot foretell tomorrow.(在生活的过程中，我无法预知明天。)

Ancient prophecies foretell his coming, and he performs miraculous feats.(古老的预言提及他的出现，以及他将铸下的奇迹般的丰功伟业。)

The great soothsayer von Rumsfeld has a wide range of methods that he uses to foretell future events.(伟大的占卜者范·拉姆斯菲尔德拥有众多可以预测未来事件的方法。)

They produce their own future, rather than simply foretell it.(他们创造自己的未来而不是简单地预测未来。)

Can he foretell anything to me?(他能给我预言些什么吗？)