| 释义 |
▪ I. forewarning, vbl. n.|fɔəˈwɔːnɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
A warning beforehand.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Mark i. 15 To geue them forewarning yt Messias & the kyngdome of God were at hand. 1570Dee Math. Pref. 1 They had no forwarnyng and information..whereto his doctrine tended. 1659Milton Civ. Power Wks. (1851) 323 That wise forewarning of Gamaliel. 1848Lytton Harold viii. iv, Edward's sinister forewarnings.
▪ II. foreˈwarning, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That forewarns, in senses of the vb.
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 193 My presignificant speach, and forewarning watchwordes, were counted unworthy credite. 1591Lambarde Archeion (1635) 181 These offences might be made exemplary, and forwarning to other men. 1852Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom's C. xl. 348 Tom heard the message with a forewarning heart.
Hence foreˈwarningly adv.
1839Bailey Festus (1848) 43/1 As sings the swan with parting breath, So I to thee..Forewarningly. |