foretell

[fɔ:'tel]

v.预言, 预告, 预示

vt.

预言, 预示[+(that)][+wh-]

We can't foretell how the world will end.

我们不能预言世界将如何终结。

Who could ever foretell that Paul would turn traitor?

谁能料到保罗会变成叛徒?

The prophet foretold a glorious future for the young ruler.

那先知预言这年轻的统治者会有辉煌的前程。

词形变化

名词: foreteller | 动词过去式: foretold | 动词过去分词: foretold | 动词现在分词: foretelling | 动词第三人称单数: foretells |

词义辨析

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vt.预言

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英英释义

动词 foretell:

foreshadow or presage

同义词：announce, annunciate, harbinger, herald

make a prediction about; tell in advance

同义词：predict, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise

indicate by signs

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

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