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单词 foretaste
释义
foretaste
noun[S]
uk
/ˈfɔː.teɪst/us
/ˈfɔːr.teɪst/
something that gives you anideaof what somethingelseis like byallowingyou toexperienceasmallexampleof it before ithappens:
预先的体验；预示；征象
a foretaste ofspring春天的气息
Therecentfactoryclosuresandjoblossesare just a foretaste of therecessionthat is to come.最近的工厂倒闭和失业只是即将到来的经济衰退的预示。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Planning, expecting and arranging
  • accidentally
  • accidentally on purposeidiom
  • advertent
  • advisedly
  • aim atsomething
  • bargain
  • I might have knownidiom
  • insomeone'scrosshairsidiom
  • in the pipelineidiom
  • in the worksidiom
  • intend
  • planner
  • provision
  • purposely
  • put the cart before the horseidiom
  • puttheirheads togetheridiom
  • rearrange
  • reckon onsomething
  • settle
  • sleeve
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(Definition offoretastefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

foretaste| American Dictionary

foretaste
noun[C]
us
/ˈfɔrˌteɪst,ˈfoʊr-/
anexperiencethatletsyouknowinadvancewhat something will be like:
Herjobas aninternduring thesummergave her a foretaste of theworldofwork.
(Definition offoretastefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofforetaste

foretaste
All, in other words, become retrospectively revolutionary, foretastes of events to come.
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The style of this first chapter provides an accurateforetasteof what is to come.
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Williams et al. (1997) suggest that individual examples of nurse-led initiatives and increased autonomy are not aforetasteof what is to come.
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However, this is only aforetastesince our analysis provides extensive quantitative results, notably the dispersion relation and the spatial structure of the zigzag eigenmode, which deserves a complete test.
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Valenzuela's work suggests that the relative difficulty the executive experienced in asserting authority over military subordinates in 1965 was aforetasteof more profound civil-military conflicts in years to come.
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It may be aforetasteof what is to come when he tries to introduce legislation to end resale price maintenance.
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It could well be aforetasteof things to come.
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I thought myself that it was a little "old hat", but it was aforetasteof the boldness manifested in his speech today.
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Indeed, she is aforetasteof what we shall be getting in these other ships.
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They have not yet realised this is merely aforetasteof what is to come.
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Last night's debate was aforetasteof what is to come.
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That was aforetasteof things to come.
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It is also aforetasteof what will happen to the other authorities in two or three years' time.
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We have had aforetasteof these things during the last year or two.
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We have had examples of that in the past and, frighteningly, we have had aforetasteof what might happen in the future.
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