Foresee



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解释

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• v. 预见
• ［英］ v. 预见 ( know that this going to happen in the future)
• ［记］ fore ( 预先) +see ( 看) -> 提前看见

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (foresaw; foreseen; -seeing)

• Date: before 12th century
• to see (as a development) beforehand
• ? foreseer noun
• Synonyms:
  • foresee, foreknow, divine, anticipate mean to know beforehand. foresee implies nothing about how the knowledge is derived and may apply to ordinary reasoning and experience <economists should have foreseen the recession>. foreknow usually implies supernatural assistance, as through revelation<if only we could foreknow our own destinies>. divine adds to foresee the suggestion of exceptional wisdom or discernment<was able to divine Europe's rapid recovery from the war>. anticipate implies taking action about or responding emotionally to something before it happens<the waiter anticipated our every need>.

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