[fɔ:'tel]
foretell
v. 预言,预告,预示

词形变化:

动词过去式:foretold 过去分词:foretold 现在分词:foretelling 第三人称单数:foretells 名词:foreteller

例句与用法:

  1. 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.
  2. 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。
  3. 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

英英解释:

动词 foretell:

  1. foreshadow or presage
  2. 同义词:announce, annunciate, harbinger, herald
  3. make a prediction about; tell in advance
  4. 同义词:predict, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
  5. indicate by signs
  6. 同义词:bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, prefigure, forecast, predict