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单词 forewarn
释义
forewarn
verb[T]
uk
/fɔːˈwɔːn/us
/fɔːrˈwɔːrn/
totellsomeone that somethingunpleasantis going tohappen:
预先警告，事先告诫
[+ (that)]Theemployeeshad been forewarned(that)the end-of-yearfinancialresultswould bepoor.雇员们已得到预先警告，年底的财政状况会很糟。
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Idiom

forewarned is forearmed
(Definition offorewarnfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofforewarn

forewarn
Impact of forewarning on adjustment to widowhood and divorce.
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They had better be forewarned about the cost of this clause.
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Local people should be forewarned that the local authority intended to produce any legislation which would require people to clear up after their dogs.
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Otherwise, the bank would have little option but to close the account, thus forewarning the client that he was under suspicion.
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The authorities were forewarned by telephone, but they ignored the warning and did nothing afterwards.
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No one was consulted and no sports governing body was forewarned.
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The first requirement in effective prevention is to be forewarned of possible violence.
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In that way, forewarned, we would to some extent be forearmed.
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The number of actual complaints is not large, because intending purchasers are forewarned of the low quality.
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I am grateful to him for forewarning me that he proposed to raise that point.
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Many people did, however, view the proceedings of this organisation with very great concern and apprehension, and in that sense, of course, we were forewarned.
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I have been greatly assisted by his courtesy and forethought in forewarning me in some form or another of all of them.
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The tragedy is that normally forewarned is forearmed.
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They had not been forewarned that the freeholders had neglected repairs for many years.
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Potential defendants would be forewarned, long in advance of any trial, of the case likely to be made against them.
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