foreshadowing

英 [fɔːˈʃædəʊɪŋ]

美 [fɔːrˈʃædoʊɪŋ]

v.  预示; 是…的预兆
foreshadow的现在分词

复数：foreshadowings　

BNC.48591 / COCA.31132

柯林斯词典

• VERB 预示;是…的预兆
  If somethingforeshadowsan event or situation, it suggests that it will happen.
  1. The disappointing sales figures foreshadow more redundancies...
     令人失望的销售额预示着会有更多人被裁员。
  2. The change proposed last month was foreshadowed in the March Budget.
     上个月提议的变动在 3 月份的预算中已经有所预兆了。

英英释义

noun

• the act of providing vague advance indications
  Synonym:prefigurationadumbration

adj

• indistinctly prophetic
  Synonym:adumbrativeprefigurative

双语例句

• Open-minded is an accomplishment, but requires generosity as a foreshadowing.
  豁达是一种修养，却需要大度作为铺垫。
• Well Jesus! So Melchizedek is simply a foreshadowing, he's a sign of Jesus.
  耶稣，所以麦基洗德只是一个伏笔，他是耶稣的迹象。
• On the other hand, the girls themselves, while expecting a wife and mother future, are already foreshadowing some of the changes in values that would characterise the60s.
  另一方面，女孩们在等待担任妻子与母亲时，早已预示六十年代某些价值观将会改变。
• Foreshadowing evil or disaster; ominous.
  不祥的预示罪恶或灾难的；不祥预兆的。
• Because he is in front of a foreshadowing of that to buy Chinese stocks take some of the special procedures.
  因为他的前面是一个铺垫的，要购买中国股票的考虑一些特别程序。
• On the Artistry of Foreshadowing in Hardy's A Pair of Blue Eyes
  哈代《一双蓝蓝的眼睛》中伏笔艺术探究
• Chinese companies are increasingly aiming for contracts in the US and other mature economies, potentially foreshadowing a reshaping of the global rail industry.
  中国企业越来越多地瞄准美国和其他成熟经济体中的合同，有改变全球铁路行业面貌的势头。
• The second chapter introduced Giddens 'Theory of Structuration from the basic concept and key questions of Theory of Structuration, made the most basic theory foreshadowing for understanding Giddens' trilogy.
  第二章从结构化理论的基本概念、所关注的核心问题等方面，对吉登斯的结构化理论进行了介绍，为理解吉登斯的三部曲做了最基本的理论铺垫。
• This episode carries a foreshadowing of what is to follow later on in the story.
  这件事为以后情节的发展埋下了伏笔。
• Chapter 2 is a historical foreshadowing of the developing research for education aim.
  第二章主要为教育宗旨的展开研究进行应有的铺垫。