| 单词 | be a foretaste of something |
| 释义 | be a foretaste of somethingbe a foretaste of something SHOW/BE A SIGN OFto be a sign of something more important, more impressive etc that will happen in the future 是某事的前兆 Two wins at the start of the season were a foretaste of things to come. 赛季伊始便两战告捷，预示着好戏还在后头。 Examples from the Corpus be a foretaste of something• For visitors from an urban background, here is a foretaste of paradise ...• It was a foretaste of the wages-prices spiral and the increasingly futile chase after higher incomes.• Indeed, she is a foretaste of what we shall be getting in these other ships.• The violence on the streets was only a foretaste of what was to come.• This is a foretaste of what things will be like - if the polls are correct - over the next five years. → be a foretaste of something at foretaste(1) |
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