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。
• You claim you foresaw his use of the boy!
  你敢说你当时就预见到他要利用那个男孩？
• He foresaw that this vast, loosely organized empire could not survive intact for long.
  他预见到这样辽阔、松散的帝国不可能长久完整地存在。
• 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。
• My Father, a wise and grave Man, gave me serious excellent Counsel against what he foresaw was my Design.
  我父亲头脑聪明，为人慎重。他预见到我的意图必然会给我带来不幸，就时常严肃地开导我，并给了我不少有益的忠告。
• 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。
• The fact shows perfectly clearly that Napoleon foresaw no danger in the advance on Moscow, and that Alexander and the Russian generals did not dream at the time of luring Napoleon on, but aimed at the very opposite.
  事实显然说明，拿破仑既没有预见到向莫斯科进军的危险性，亚历山大和俄国的将军们那时也没有想到引诱拿破仑深入腹地，而他们所想到的却与此相反。
• 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。
• He foresaw that the future with Margot was going to be one long battle.
  他预见马戈特的未来将是一场漫长的斗争。
• The prophet foresaw a severe famine in the land.
  预言家预见了该地将有严重饥荒。