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foreshadow sth
直接接名词作宾语，表示‘预示某事’。
The dark clouds foreshadow a storm.
乌云预示着一场暴风雨。
预示
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预示
To suggest or indicate something in advance; to prefigure or presage.
The dark clouds foreshadow a storm.
乌云预示着一场暴风雨。
预先暗示；预示；预兆。
To suggest (someone or something) in advance; to prefigure, to presage.
foreshadow
Base
原形
foreshadows
3rd person
第三人称单数
foreshadowing
-ing
现在分词
foreshadowed
Past
过去式
foreshadowed
Past participle
过去分词
Dark clouds often foreshadow a storm.
乌云常常预示着暴风雨。
The early signs foreshadowed the economic downturn.
早期迹象预示了经济衰退。
Recent events have foreshadowed a change in policy.
最近的事件已经预示了政策的变化。
规则动词，加-ed构成过去式和过去分词，加-s构成第三人称单数，加-ing构成现在分词。
The dark clouds foreshadowed a severe storm.
乌云预示着一场猛烈的暴风雨。
Her nervous laughter foreshadows the awkward conversation she is about to have.
她紧张的笑声预示着她即将进行的尴尬对话。
The early financial reports foreshadow a difficult quarter for the company.
早期的财务报告预示公司本季度将面临困难。
直接接名词作宾语，表示‘预示某事’。
The dark clouds foreshadow a storm.
乌云预示着一场暴风雨。
后接that从句，表示预示某事件的发生。
The early success foreshadowed that the project would be a triumph.
早期的成功预示着该项目将取得巨大成功。
被动结构，强调‘某事被某物预示’。
The economic crisis was foreshadowed by rising inflation.
经济危机被不断上升的通货膨胀预示。
Not this
The dark clouds are a foreshadow of rain.
Use this
The dark clouds foreshadow rain.
“foreshadow”是动词，不能直接作为名词使用。应使用动词形式foreshadow，或名词形式foreshadowing（如：a foreshadowing）。
Not this
The story foreshadows about the tragedy.
Use this
The story foreshadows the tragedy.
“foreshadow”是及物动词，后面直接跟宾语，不需要介词“about”。中文的“预示”有时会带“关于”，但英语中不需要。
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预示事件
The opening scene foreshadows events that occur later in the story.
开场场景预示了故事后面发生的事件。
预示麻烦
Dark clouds foreshadow trouble for the climbers.
乌云预示着登山者将遇到麻烦。
预示未来
These early experiments foreshadowed the future of artificial intelligence.
这些早期实验预示了人工智能的未来。
预示危险
The sudden silence foreshadowed danger.
突然的寂静预示着危险。
预示变革
Several signs foreshadow a change in public opinion.
几个迹象预示公众舆论将发生变化。
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拆成fore(在前)+shadow(影子)：前面的影子先投下，暗示后面的情节或结局，即“预示”。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学评论、影视分析、正式写作 foreshadow 通常出现在书面语、文学评论或较正式的叙事讨论中，表示“预示”或“为…埋下伏笔”。日常口语中较少使用，较口语化的表达如 hint at 会更自然。
与 foreshadow 押韵的是 shadow 和 overshadow（重读音节均为 /ˈʃædəʊ/）。meadow、window 的拼写也以 -dow 结尾，forecast、foreword 也以 fore- 开头，但它们的元音或重音与 /ˈʃædəʊ/ 不同，因此不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.