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单词 foresight
释义
foresight
noun[U]
uk
/ˈfɔː.saɪt/us
/ˈfɔːr.saɪt/
theabilitytojudgecorrectlywhat is going tohappenin thefutureandplanyouractionsbasedon thisknowledge:
深谋远虑；先见之明；远见卓识
She'dhad theforesight tosellherapartmentjust before thehousingmarketcollapsed.她非常有远见，刚好在房价下跌之前把她的公寓卖掉了。
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(Definition offoresightfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

foresight| American Dictionary

foresight
noun[U]
us
/ˈfɔr·sɑɪt,ˈfoʊr-/
theabilitytojudgecorrectlywhat is going tohappen:
[+ to infinitive]She had the foresight tosellherhousejust beforepricescame down.
(Definition offoresightfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofforesight

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The moral significance of the intending-foreseeing distinction requires more than the mere functional role of intention andforesight.
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They assumed perfectforesight, perfect markets, and "helicopter drops" of money to cheering households.
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In the experimental model, we assume that landowners have noforesightand that leads to slightly higher costs.
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In this analysis, output shocks are deterministic rather than stochastic, and thus the assumption of rational expectations of the wage setters implies perfectforesight.
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Under perfectforesight, we do not need to draw a distinction between past realized gross rates of return and future expected rates of return.
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Given this lack offoresightor commitment, households tend to save less than is optimal, and thus government intervention may improve welfare.
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Have they by some miraculous instinct orforesightset apart in each of them a common place of residence?
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Lack of institutionalforesightis also one of the key challenges for the wider agenda of sustainable development.
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With perfectforesight, the equilibrium is unchanged by this thought experiment.
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In the latter case, asymptotically -perfect predictors may be used to stabilize a fixed point or a cycle, where -perfectforesightis possible.
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Yet it would have taken a remarkable degree offoresightto predict it just a few years ago.
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There is a strong etymological connection between prudence andforesight.
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We would expect only minor differences if we introducedforesightinto this model, for several reasons.
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The dismissal in 1993 of the agriculture and sugar industry ministers implied inadequacies in crisis management, and references to ' unforeseen ' difficulties suggested insufficientforesight.
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