Word
foreboding
预示；预兆
foreboding is the present participle of forebode.
核心释义
常用于文学或正式语境
to predict or be a sign of a future event
- 1.
To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device).
- 2.
To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly.
预感（不祥）；预感到；预示；预兆；预感
用法In use
The dark clouds forebode a storm.
用法提示："forebode"在此作动词，意为“预示”，主语为自然现象。
She foreboded trouble when she saw his angry face.
用法提示："foreboded"是过去式，表示“预感”，主语为人。
The foreboding silence made everyone nervous.
用法提示："foreboding"是现在分词形式，修饰silence，表示“预示不祥的”。
forebode + noun
直接跟名词表示“预示某事物”。
The dark clouds forebode a storm.
乌云预示着一场暴风雨。
forebode + that-clause
后接that从句表示“预感...”。
She foreboded that something terrible would happen.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- forebode a storm
- 预示风暴；暴风雨的前兆
- The dark clouds forebode a storm.乌云预示着暴风雨。
- forebode trouble
- 预示麻烦；预感到有麻烦
- The manager's silence foreboded trouble.经理的沉默预示着麻烦。
- forebode danger
- 预感到危险；预示危险
- Her instincts forebode danger.她的直觉预感到危险。
- forebode disaster
- 预示灾难；预感到灾祸
- The sudden drop in prices forebodes disaster.价格骤降预示着灾难。
- forebode war
- 预示战争；预感会发生战争
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
拆分联想：fore（前）+ bode（预示），合起来就是“提前预示”，常用于预感不祥，如乌云压顶般的心头预警。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学作品、正式书面语 forebode 多用于文学作品或正式书面语，日常口语中很少使用；口语里更常说 predict 或 have a feeling。
语法说明Grammar Note
及物动词，后接名词或从句作宾语
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These six words rhyme with forebode (/fɒːˈbəud/): bode, code, mode, load, road, and toad all end with the same /əud/ sound. Watch out for 'body' (/ˈbɒdi/), which looks similar to 'bode' but does not rhyme, and 'foreword' (/ˈfɔːwɜːd/), which begins like forebode but has a different ending.
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