foresaw

英 [fɔːˈsɔː]

美 [fɔːrˈsɔː]

v.  预料; 预见; 预知
foresee的过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 预见;预知;预料
  If youforeseesomething, you expect and believe that it will happen.
  1. He did not foresee any problems...
     他没有预见到任何问题。
  2. ...a dangerous situation which could have been foreseen...
     原本可以预见到的危险情况
  3. He could never have foreseen that one day his books would sell in millions.
     他从来没预想过有一天他的书会卖掉几百万本。

双语例句

• Few in or outside of Asia's borders foresaw anything but a future of conflict, occupation, and despair.
  在亚洲内外，除冲突、占领和绝望，很少有人能够预见任何不同的未来。
• The Lord, who foresaw their suffering, had pity on them, and granted the request.
  上帝预见到人类的苦难，可怜他们，答应了这一请求。
• As a result, not only is the financial system plagued with losses of a scale that nobody foresaw, but the pillars of faith on which this new financial capitalism were built have all but collapsed.
  结果，不仅是深受所有人都不曾预见到的亏损规模所困扰的金融体系，还有作为新金融资本主义构建基础的信念支柱，几乎都已崩溃。
• The letter starts off by saying that "many people did foresee the crisis" but no one foresaw the form it would take and its timing, onset and ferocity.
  这封信首先指出，“许多人确实预见到了危机”，但没人预见到它的时机、肇始和强度。
• A likely result; he foresaw a probable loss.
  一个可能的结果；他预见到一种可能的损失。
• He foresaw that the Japanese occupation would never be defeated until America joined the war.
  他预见到，除非美国加入战争，否则日本人的占领永远不会被挫败。
• He foresaw that public indignation might lead to the plan being scrapped.
  他预见到由于公众的愤怒该项计划最终有可能被放弃。
• Nor will you find many people who foresaw this dramatic turnabout in China's civil war.
  没有几个人曾预见到中国内战这种戏剧性的转折。
• He foresaw that prices would drop.
  他预见到物价会下跌。
• The spell, that I foresaw might be worked, has worked.
  我以前看见的那个咒符可能是应验了，已经应验了。