foresaw

英 [fɔːˈsɔː]

美 [fɔːrˈsɔː]

v.  预料; 预见; 预知
foresee的过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 预见;预知;预料
  If youforeseesomething, you expect and believe that it will happen.
  1. He did not foresee any problems...
     他没有预见到任何问题。
  2. ...a dangerous situation which could have been foreseen...
     原本可以预见到的危险情况
  3. He could never have foreseen that one day his books would sell in millions.
     他从来没预想过有一天他的书会卖掉几百万本。

双语例句

• The prophet foresaw a severe famine in the land.
  预言家预见了该地将有严重饥荒。
• He foresaw that prices would drop.
  他预见到物价会下跌。
• He foresaw that the Japanese occupation would never be defeated until America joined the war.
  他预见到，除非美国加入战争，否则日本人的占领永远不会被挫败。
• In a flash, he thought he foresaw the result of this thing.
  刹那间，他觉得他已经预见到了这件事的结局。
• But the destruction of the French, which he alone foresaw, was the one absorbing desire of his heart.
  但是，法国人的毁灭，只有他一个人预见到，这才是他心中唯一的愿望。
• And, for all their powers of prophecy, they never foresaw that one day, this would produce a whole new set of problems for a whole new generation of astrologers.
  并且针对他们所有人的预言能力来说，他们从未预见又会那么一天，自己为新一代的占星师制造一个完全不同类型的新问题。
• The spell, that I foresaw might be worked, has worked.
  我以前看见的那个咒符可能是应验了，已经应验了。
• My Father, a wise and grave Man, gave me serious excellent Counsel against what he foresaw was my Design.
  我父亲头脑聪明，为人慎重。他预见到我的意图必然会给我带来不幸，就时常严肃地开导我，并给了我不少有益的忠告。
• He foresaw that the job would take a long time.
  他预见到做这件工作需要很长时间。
• The letter starts off by saying that "many people did foresee the crisis" but no one foresaw the form it would take and its timing, onset and ferocity.
  这封信首先指出，“许多人确实预见到了危机”，但没人预见到它的时机、肇始和强度。