Word · Frequency #35871
forewarnings
/fɔːˈwɔːnɪŋ/
noun
预先警告；预兆
forewarnings is the plural of forewarning.
核心释义
An advance warning; an omen.
- 1.
预先警告；预兆
An advance warning; an omen.
预先警告的；预先警告；事先告知( forewarn的现在分词 )
用法In use
The dark clouds were a forewarning of the approaching storm.
用法提示：此处forewarning为名词，表示‘预先警告’。
His sudden silence gave me a forewarning that something was wrong.
用法提示：forewarning作为名词，指一种预示的信号。
The company's falling stock prices served as a forewarning of the financial crisis.
用法提示：forewarning表示对未来事件的早期警示。
a forewarning of sth
可数名词，常用 a forewarning of 表示“……的预兆或预警”。
The dark clouds were a forewarning of the storm.
乌云是暴风雨的预兆。
a forewarning that ...
后可接 that 从句，说明预警的具体内容。
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
- warning
- 警告；警示 · forewarning 强调事情发生之前就发出的提醒或预兆，隐含“预先”之意；warning 只是普通的警告或警示，可当场或事后发出，不强调提前。
- omen
- 预兆；征兆 · omen 指客观事物所预示的吉凶征兆，常带神秘或迷信色彩，不一定有人发出；forewarning 侧重来自人或情势的事先警告，也可指不祥的预感。
- premonition
- 预感（常指不祥的直觉） · premonition 是发自内心的直觉预感，没有外部来源；forewarning 是来自外部的事先警告或明确征兆。
词族Word family
- forewarn
- 预先警告 · v
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