"foreseeable costs were well within the budget"
1.可预知的;可预见的
If a future event isforeseeable, you know that it will happen or that it can happen, because it is a natural or obvious consequence of something else that you know.
e.g. It seems to me that this crime wasforeseeable and this death preventable...
在我看来这起罪行是可以预见的，死亡也是本可避免的。
e.g. One of the principles of our legal system is that people are accountable for theforeseeable consequences of their actions.
我们的法律体系的原则之一是人们要对他们可以预见的行为后果负责。
2.长期地;长久地
If you say that something will happenfor the foreseeable future, you think that it will continue to happen for a long time.
e.g. Profit and dividend growth looks like being above average for theforeseeable future.
利润和红利的增长看上去会在较长时间内维持在平均水平之上。
3.在可预见的未来;不久;很快
If you say that something will happenin the foreseeable future you mean that you think it will happen fairly soon.
e.g. So, might they finally have free elections in theforeseeable future?
那么，他们最终会在不久的将来举行自由选举吗？
1. foreseeable
1. 可预知的：foresee 预见 |foreseeable 可预知的 | foreseen 预见
2. 可預見到的：equitable 公平的 |foreseeable 可預見到的 | oncept 概念[C]
