fore·see
verb/fɔːˈsiː/
/fɔːrˈsiː/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they foresee | /fɔːˈsiː/ /fɔːrˈsiː/ |
| he / she / it foresees | /fɔːˈsiːz/ /fɔːrˈsiːz/ |
| past simple foresaw | /fɔːˈsɔː/ /fɔːrˈsɔː/ |
| past participle foreseen | /fɔːˈsiːn/ /fɔːrˈsiːn/ |
| -ing form foreseeing | /fɔːˈsiːɪŋ/ /fɔːrˈsiːɪŋ/ |
- to think something is going to happen in the future; to know about something before it happens
预料；预见；预知 - foresee something We do not foresee any problems.
我们预料不会出任何问题。 - We could foresee no difficulties with these proposals.
我们预料这些提议将很容易实行。 - The extent of the damage could not have been foreseen.
损害的程度是无法预见到的。 - foresee (that)… No one could have foreseen (that) things would turn out this way.
谁都没有预料到事情的结果会是这样。 - foresee how, what, etc… It is impossible to foresee how life will work out.
不可能预知生命将如何发展。 - foresee somebody/something doing something I just didn't foresee that happening.
我只是没预料到会发生那种事。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- clearly
- reasonably
- can
- be difficult to
- be impossible to
- …
Word OriginOld English foresēon (see fore-, see). - foresee something We do not foresee any problems.