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- （一般作the future）the time or a period of time following the moment of speaking or writing; time regarded as still to come将来, 未来, 今后：
we plan on getting married in the near future
我们打算在不久的将来结婚
work on the building will be shelved for the foreseeable future.
这幢楼的建设工作将被搁置一段时间。
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- events that will or are likely to happen in time to come未来将会（或可能会）发生的事：
nobody can predict the future.
没有人能预言将来的事。
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- used to refer to what will happen to someone or something in time to come前景, 前途：
MPs will debate the future of the railways.
下院议员们将就铁路运输的前景问题进行辩论。
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- a prospect of success or happiness成功（或令人高兴）的前景, 前途：
he'd decided that there was no future in the gang
他已断定那帮人前途不佳
I began to believe I might have a future as an artist.
我开始认为如果当艺术家我说不定会有成功的可能。
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- Grammar a tense of verbs expressing events that have not yet happened【语法】将来时。
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futures
contracts for assets (especially commodities or shares) bought at agreed prices but delivered and paid for later期货。比较FORWARD （义项2）。
attrib.
1- at a later time; going or likely to happen or exist将来的, 未来的：
the needs of future generations.
未来几代人的需要。
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- (of a person) planned or destined to hold a specified position（人）计划（或注定）要占据某位置的：
his future wife.
他未来的妻子。
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- existing after death死后存在的：
heaven and the future life with Christ.
天堂以及和耶稣在一起的来生。
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- Grammar (of a tense) expressing an event yet to happen【语法】（时态）将来时的。
短语
for future reference
in future
- from now onwards从今以后, 今后：
she would be more careful in future.
她今后会更细心。
派生词
futureless
adjective词源
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin futurus, future participle of esse 'be' （from the stem fu-, ultimately from a base meaning 'grow, become'）.