foretell的意思|foretell的解释-里氏词典

foretell [for'tɛl]

vt. 预言, 预告, 预示

The Messiah, as foretold by the prophets of the Old Testament.
救世主《旧约》中的先知们预言的救世主
Since I cannot foretell things like a prophet, I cannot help taking a small loss.
我又不能料事如神，总不免要吃点小亏。
She claims to be psychic and to be able to foretell the future.
她自称有特异功能, 能预知未来.

foretell
foretold

[ verb ]

Foretell \Fore*tell"\, v. i.
To utter predictions. --Acts iii. 24.

Foretell \Fore*tell"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foretold}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Foretelling}.]
To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to
foreshow.

Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold. --Pope.

Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster
of his character. --C.
Middleton.

Syn: To predict; prophesy; prognosticate; augur.

Increases in the ratio of debt to equity foretell economic doom, they say.
A high grade is a prediction that (a worker) will perform well 10 years from now under conditions nobody would dare foretell.
Weekly reports show the general effects of weather on crops but do not foretell actual losses or production estimates.
He's staring at satellite photos that may foretell the fate of hundreds of millions of people.
Past performance may also foretell the future.
The leading index, designed to foretell economic activity six to nine months into the future, had advanced 0.6 percent in December and 0.7 percent in January after vacillating during much of 1988.
Both sides appear to be moving toward creation of a replica that would foretell the winds from the roof of the original fire station, now an office building.
The index, designed to foretell economic activity six to nine months into the future, had dropped a revised 0.6 percent in March and 0.3 percent in February.
Did you foretell that in his penitent old age the arch-Beat would write an anti-smoking song?
Do the resulting high real yields foretell inflation?
The index, by focusing on forward-pointing business statistics, is designed to foretell economic activity six to nine months into the future.
Lee County residents hope the caterpillar's predictions someday will gain the same status in forecasting as Punxsutawney Phil. Movements of the Pennsylvania groundhog foretell the coming of spring on Groundhog Day.

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