Word · Frequency #18942
foreshadowing
预示
foreshadowing is the present participle of foreshadow.
核心释义
To suggest or indicate something in advance; to prefigure or presage.
- 1.
预先暗示;预示;预兆。
To suggest (someone or something) in advance; to prefigure, to presage.
预先暗示;预示;预兆。;成为前兆
用法In use
The dark clouds foreshadowed a severe storm.
用法提示:foreshadowed 作为谓语动词,表示‘预示’
Her nervous laughter foreshadows the awkward conversation she is about to have.
用法提示:foreshadows 作为谓语动词,表示‘预示’
The early financial reports foreshadow a difficult quarter for the company.
用法提示:foreshadow 作为谓语动词,表示‘预示’
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。
foreshadow that clause
后接that从句,表示预示某事件的发生。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- foreshadow events
- 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。
- foreshadow trouble
- 预示麻烦
- Dark clouds foreshadow trouble for the climbers.乌云预示着登山者将遇到麻烦。
- foreshadow the future
- 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。
- foreshadow danger
- 预示危险
- The sudden silence foreshadowed danger.突然的寂静预示着危险。
- foreshadow a change
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
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”。
语境与语域Context & Register
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。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.