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单词 foreshadow
释义
foreshadow
verb[T]
formal
uk
/fɔːˈʃæd.əʊ/us
/fɔːrˈʃæd.oʊ/
toactas awarningorsignof afutureevent:
是…的预兆，预示
Therecentoutbreakofviolencewas foreshadowed byisolatedincidentsin thecityearlierthisyear.今年早些时候城里发生的几起孤立事件是近来爆发的暴力事件的预兆。
Synonyms
augurformal
betokenold use
bodeformal
portendformal
prefigureformal
presageformal
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(Definition offoreshadowfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

foreshadow| American Dictionary

foreshadow
verb[T]
us
/fɔrˈʃæd·oʊ,foʊr-/
(of a pastevent) tosuggestthehappeningof afutureevent:
Lowunemploymentmay foreshadowwageandpriceincreases.
(Definition offoreshadowfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofforeshadow

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Early national polls foreshadowed the winner of eight of the last eleven contested nominations.
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Similarly, the now growing use of beta-blockers in heart failure was foreshadowed in the chapter on heart failure.
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These are, of course, promissory developments, only dimly foreshadowed by present-day neurobiology, in spite of its relentless and awesome progress.
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Such resources cumulatively contribute toward foreshadowing the type of turn that is unfolding and the final predicate that may complete the turn.
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In many ways, these textsforeshadowwider developments in religious music and drama that take place over the next hundred years.
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It foreshadowed issues that emerged later in the war.
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Current research indicates that early secure attachment foreshadows more positive parent - child relationships, and possibly inspires closer relationships with peers, teachers, and other well-acquainted partners.
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And as foreshadowed above, this is not a small matter - every triumph achieved by music is at someone's expense.
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The final volume in the series (on ' global influences ') will presumably cover missionary expansion, already foreshadowed in the present volume.
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The battle-cry of early, nineteenth-century positivism, that of the "natural scientific world-view," expressed these tendencies fully - and in its concrete content already foreshadowed their demise.
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This reluctance generally foreshadowed their later identification of the typical record collector as an obsessive personality.
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The use of adverbials toforeshadowsome matter is highly relevant interactionally when engaging in delicate talk such as the activity of criticizing a colleague.
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To demonstrate a simple use of typecase andforeshadowthe definition of cast, we implement a function, called sametype, that compares two types for equality.
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Toforeshadowthe results, we find that adaptive parties evolve moderate platforms that are spatially separate from one another across all types of preference distributions.
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To answer this question, it is necessary to outline political developments from 1987 to 1990, some of which have already been foreshadowed.
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