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单词 forethought
释义
forethought
noun[U]
uk
/ˈfɔː.θɔːt/us
/ˈfɔːr.θɑːt/
the goodjudgmenttoconsiderthe nearfutureinyourpresentactions:
深谋远虑；预先计划
I'mgladI had the forethought to make acopyof theletter, asproofof what had beenpromised.我很庆幸自己有先见之明把那封信复印了一份，可以作为先前所作承诺的证明。
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 offorethoughtfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofforethought

forethought
A parent, for example, may offer to donate a kidney to their child without hesitation orforethought.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We and those of our class act 'rationally' in our fertility regulating behaviour, they act irrationally, irresponsibly, withoutforethoughtor knowledge.
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Lumbees acted, and perceived ourselves as acting, withforethoughtand agency in the midst of this cultural exchange.
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Likewise, children's attempts to regulate the destructive forms of interparental conflict in violent homes may necessitate intervention strategies that require substantially greater emotional investment and psychologicalforethought.
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Collectiveforethoughtand a broad-based consensus would go far in helping to tackle the unique moral and ethical dilemmas that will arise when a catastrophic event occurs.
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Jarrett's techniques of structuring are difficult to address, perhaps because of his insistence that the process of improvising requires an absence offorethought.
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In feeling and perceiving the same trends as the public and politicians, writers might simply have expressed without extensiveforethoughtthe arguments they found most convincing at that moment.
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So clear writing requires much moreforethought.
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Slow, deliberate planning is evident, and, although the act itself may be vicious, the preparation indicatesforethought.
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Alas, it was nothing so ambitious, nothing with suchforethoughtand constructive imagination.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The answer may well be nothing to do with malice; it may simply be because of a lack offorethoughtand being open to persuasion.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Whether we consider bricks or whether we consider timber, the slightestforethoughtand imagination would have prevented the difficulties in which we are today.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
All that could be achieved with a littleforethoughtand planning without undue hardship or dislocation.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This order was secured casually and without anyforethoughtor idea by our manufacturers that there was this potential.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They deliberately introduce without sufficientforethought, an act which will have a completely bad effect on the inflow into this country.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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