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

• 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。
• The decline of Chinese Oceanic Culture draws the foreshadowing of Chinese history.
  中国海洋文化的衰弱，为近代中国历史定势埋下伏笔。
• Combined with the study of this paper, we can give a foreshadowing role to the event game theory, and have certain reference value to the application research of the computer game theory and the event game theory.
  结合本文的研究可以为事件对策论的深入研究起到一个铺垫作用，对事件对策论和机器博弈的应用研究有一定的参考价值。
• Food seemed no longer to nourish him, for each morning his face had caught more of the ghastly foreshadowing of death.
  食物似乎对他失去了营养作用，因为每天早晨，他脸上那种接近死亡的灰暗色总要加深一层。
• 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。
• Luke is foreshadowing the book of Acts in this chapter with Jesus'sermon because Jesus himself doesn't go preach to Gentiles.
  路加福音中耶稣布道这章，是使徒行传的预示，因为耶稣本人不与外邦人传道。
• This is my usual trick of foreshadowing.
  这是我惯用伎俩的伏笔。
• 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
• His brother, of course, does just that, his behaviour foreshadowing our own unfortunate obsession with personal rights and cravings.
  当然他的兄弟就放弃了，就像我们也会遗憾地痴迷于个人的权利欲望。
• It can also play a foreshadowing role in the research of event game theory.
  也可以为事件对策论的研究起到一个铺垫作用。