foreshadow
英[fɔː'ʃædəʊ] 美[fɔːr'ʃædoʊ]
"These signs bode bad news"
1.预示;是…的预兆
If somethingforeshadows an event or situation, it suggests that it will happen.
e.g. The disappointing sales figuresforeshadow more redundancies...
令人失望的销售额预示着会有更多人被裁员。
e.g. 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。
1. 伏笔：「我们后人去推测出某名家用了伏笔(foreshadow)啊、什麼等等的铺陈...会不会只是我们的看法,那名家不一定真的如我们分析的刻意用那些手法...搞不好只是个巧合?
2. 预示,预兆：foresee 预知 |foreshadow 预示,预兆 | foresight 远见,先见之明
3. 成为前兆; 暗示; 预示：shrink: 收缩 |foreshadow: 成为前兆; 暗示; 预示 | skepticism: 怀疑论
4. 预示：foresew 预见 |foreshadow 预示 | foreshank 牛腿肉
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。
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。
Their words foreshadow events to come.
他们的话预示了所将要发生的事情.
The descriptions of the clerks foreshadow the main characters, of the Dreams in the Red Mansion.
薛蟠致人死亡案中,胥吏的形象更是被作者揭露得淋漓尽致.
Public health officials fear that because of vast underreporting, recorded statistics foreshadow much more severe conditions.
公共卫生官员害怕因为通报率严重偏低, 实际的情况可能比记录的统计数字更为严重.
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。
A truce is often the foreshadow of a peace.
出自：J. M. LudlowThe surrender of Ghent foreshadowed the fate of Flanders.
出自：J. L. Motley