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premonition
（尤指不祥的）预感
核心释义
a strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something bad
- 1.
与未来事件相呼应的预知或幻听体验(如梦境)。
A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.
- 2.
对即将到来的不祥之感
a feeling of evil to come
- 3.
对即将发生之事(通常指坏事)的强烈直觉。
A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).
- 4.
对未来事件的早期警告
an early warning about a future event
预兆；先兆；预知（尤指梦中或通灵体验）；与未来事件相呼应的预知或幻听体验(如梦境)。；对即将到来的不祥之感；对即将发生之事(通常指坏事)的强烈直觉。
用法In use
She had a premonition that something bad was going to happen.
用法提示：在这句话中，“premonition”表示一种不祥的预感。
Despite his cheerful demeanor, he couldn't shake off the premonition of failure.
用法提示：在这句话中，“premonition”指的是一种失败的预感。
The premonition of danger made her hesitate before entering the building.
用法提示：在这句话中，“premonition”表示一种对危险的预感。
have a premonition (that) …
在非正式英语中，that常可省略。
She had a premonition that something terrible would happen.
她有一种预感，糟糕的事情会发生。
have a premonition of …
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- have a premonition
- 有预感（常指不祥）
- She had a premonition that the flight would be delayed.她有一种预感，航班会晚点。
- a premonition of doom
- 对厄运的预感
- He was filled with a premonition of doom as he entered the room.他走进房间时，心中充满对厄运的预感。
- a premonition of disaster
- 对灾难的预感
- A premonition of disaster made her evacuate the building immediately.对灾难的预感让她立刻撤离了大楼。
- a premonition of danger
- 对危险的预感
- A premonition of danger made him pause before opening the door.对危险的预感让他开门前停顿了一下。
- a vague premonition
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 premonition 拆成 pre（前）+ monition（警告）：心里的警告提前到了，就是“不祥的预感”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学叙事、正式书面语、梦境或预感描写 该词通常用于正式或书面语境，多出现在文学叙述或对梦境、直觉的描述中；日常口语里较少单独使用，更常见的是用 have a feeling 这类说法表示预感。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
押韵词（重读元音及之后均为 /ɪʃən/）：condition, position, tradition, suspicion, exhibition。注意 lookalike: nation 拼写含 -tion，但发音为 /ˈneɪʃən/，并不押韵。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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