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forecast sth
直接跟名词，表示预测某事物。
The weather service forecast heavy rain for tomorrow.
气象服务预报明天有大雨。
预测；预报
forecasting — present participle of forecast
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
预测；预报
To estimate or predict what will happen in the future.
The weather service forecast heavy rain for tomorrow.
气象服务预报明天有大雨。
估计某事在未来的情况
To estimate how something will be in the future.
预示；事先暗示
To foreshadow; to suggest something in advance.
提前预测
predict in advance
判断为很可能
judge to be probable
forecast
Base
原形
forecasts
3rd person
第三人称单数
forecasting
-ing
现在分词
forecast
Past
过去式
forecast
Past participle
过去分词
They forecast rain for tomorrow.
他们预测明天有雨。
The meteorologist forecast a storm last night.
气象学家昨晚预报了一场风暴。
Scientists have forecast a rise in sea levels.
科学家们已经预测了海平面上升。
不规则动词，过去式和过去分词与原形相同
The weather forecast says it will rain tomorrow.
天气预报说明天会下雨。
Economists forecast a rise in inflation next year.
经济学家预测明年通货膨胀会上升。
She is forecasting sales figures for the next quarter.
她正在预测下一季度的销售数据。
直接跟名词，表示预测某事物。
The weather service forecast heavy rain for tomorrow.
气象服务预报明天有大雨。
后接that引导的宾语从句。
Economists forecast that inflation will rise next year.
经济学家预测明年通货膨胀将上升。
用动名词短语作宾语，表示预测某事发生。
They forecast the economy growing by 3% this year.
他们预测今年经济增长3%。
Not this
He forecasted rain for tomorrow.
Use this
He forecast rain for tomorrow.
错误使用了过去式 'forecasted'。动词 'forecast' 的过去式和过去分词与原形相同，应为 'forecast'，而不是规则变化加 '-ed'。
Not this
The weatherman forecasted about the storm.
Use this
The weatherman forecast the storm.
错误添加了介词 'about'。'forecast' 是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
预报天气
The meteorologists forecast the weather for the entire week.
气象学家预报了整整一周的天气。
预测需求
Retailers try to forecast demand for their products.
零售商试图预测其产品的需求。
预测增长
The bank forecast growth of 3% next year.
该银行预测明年增长3%。
预测销售额
The company forecast sales of $10 million.
该公司预测销售额为1000万美元。
预测结果
No one can forecast the outcome of the election.
没有人能预测选举的结果。
准确预测
It is difficult to accurately forecast the stock market.
很难准确预测股市。
经济预测的唯一功能是让占星术看起来体面。
This quotation by economist John Kenneth Galbraith is widely used to point out the unreliability of economic forecasts.
这句引语出自经济学家约翰·肯尼思·加尔布雷思，常被用来指出经济预测的不可靠性。
Use forecasting naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象把目光“向前（fore）投掷（cast）”，提前看到未来，就是预测。
语域：neutral 常见场景：天气预报、经济预测、商业规划 通常用于气象、经济等较正式场合，日常口语中也可使用。
按美式读音，以上词的结尾都含 /æst/，与 forecast 的 -cast /kæst/ 同韵；cast、broadcast、podcast 还共享 -cast 拼写。注意拼写相近的 forest /ˈfɔrɪst/ 和 post /poʊst/ 发音不同，不属于同韵词。
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