| 单词 | forecast |
| 释义 | forecast (fɔːʳkɑːst , -kæst ) Word forms: forecasts , forecasting , forecasted language note: The forms forecast and forecasted can both be used for the past tense and past participle. 1. countable noun B1+ A forecast is a statement of what is expected to happen in the future, especially in relation to a particular event or situation. ...a forecast of a 2.25 per cent growth in the economy. [+ of] He delivered his election forecast. The weather forecast is better for today. Synonyms: prediction, projection, anticipation, prognosis 2. verb If you forecast future events, you say what you think is going to happen in the future. They forecast a humiliating defeat for the Prime Minister. [VERB noun] He forecasts that average salary increases will remain around 4 per cent. [VERB that] Synonyms: predict, anticipate, foresee, foretell 3. See also weather forecast Collocations: annual forecast The bank has cut its annual forecast for next year from $93 to $72, with prices averaging $67 in the first half. Times, Sunday Times But the performance was more resilient than expected, prompting the telecoms group to improve its annual forecast. The Sun It dropped out of the annual forecast demonstration programme in 2006 because of a lack of resources. Times, Sunday Times In its annual forecast, the lender said that house prices could rise or fall by 2 per cent amid widespread economic uncertainty. Times, Sunday Times Shares in the mobile telecommunications group increased 11p to 227p after it lifted its annual forecast. Times, Sunday Times A rugged timepiece with a range of functions that includes working out a weather forecast based on 'historic patterns of air pressure'. Times, Sunday Times Smartphone apps and meteorological websites make forecasts based on weather data averaged over hundreds of square miles. Times, Sunday Times It made no changes to its second-half guidance, with the increase to its full-year forecast based solely on the first-half performance. Times, Sunday Times The auditors based their forecast on the need to pay for commitments made in the previous budget period but which had not been accounted for in the present spending period. Times, Sunday Times I inherited forecasts based mainly on this rationale. Times, Sunday Times Two-thirds check the forecast every day, a quarter of those even more often, yet a third do not believe it. The Sun Check the forecast before wearing, though - these flats aren't the most waterproof. The Sun For cross-border skiing, check the forecast. Times, Sunday Times And check the forecast before you go. Times, Sunday Times I wish that we had checked the forecast before our excursion to a historic site 2½ miles east-northeast of the church, though. Times,Sunday Times She said that she was growing 'uncomfortable with the trade-off embodied in our current forecast'. Times, Sunday Times However, it said the mortgage market remained subdued and total advances during 2010 may 'marginally undershoot' its current forecast of 150 billion. Times, Sunday Times Still, on current forecasts, at least the recession might just about have ended by then. Times, Sunday Times On current forecasts, the tax take from the industry will fall by more than a third this year to 8.7 billion. Times, Sunday Times But analysts had not appeared to have factored recent rises in benchmark interbank interest rates into their current forecasts. Times, Sunday Times The asymmetry typically concerns either the cost parameters, the capacities or the quantities like the demand forecast. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Oh, the 'revised aviation demand forecasts and the government's final air quality plan'. Times, Sunday Times Manufacturing control demands forecasting looking down the road for future needs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The competencies of the company span areas of customer acquisition, revenue management, customer attrition and win-back, pricing and demand forecasting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This became less urgent with reduced demand forecasts and increased uranium supplies, and commercial deployment of fast reactors was postponed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Utterly unexpected to most observers, it was an outcome feared by the racecourse executive since their detailed forecasts for the week arrived. Times, Sunday Times If they get irritating you can turn them o, and simply enjoy the app's accurate and detailed forecasts. Times, Sunday Times Silver eventually published detailed forecasts and analyses of the results for all three sets of elections. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Retailers are fear the grim weather could also translate into a grim economic forecast. Times, Sunday Times We can't rule out big economic surprises, but the economic forecast for the year ahead looks remarkably cheery. Times, Sunday Times The economic forecast may be gloomy but prospects in the yacht market are, well, buoyant. Times, Sunday Times One economic forecast warns that a 2.5 per cent rate would tip us into a new recession, and within recent memory interest has wobbled up to three times that. Times, Sunday Times However, despite the brightening economic forecast, premiums are still almost certain to be higher. Times, Sunday Times Production fell by 3.5 per cent in the month, surprising analysts, who had forecast a drop of 0.2 per cent. Times,Sunday Times The rest have forecast a drop in trading or suspended their guidance altogether. Times,Sunday Times Economists had forecast a drop to 3.9 per cent. Times, Sunday Times Analysts had forecast a drop to 411,000. Times, Sunday Times A net balance of 19.9 per cent of lenders forecast a drop over the next three months, the largest downturn since the first quarter of 2009. Times, Sunday Times I have written a number of articles and books about gold, and have occasionally forecast the future price. Times, Sunday Times We can no longer make much sense of the present or forecast the future. Times, Sunday Times Very few voters have enough technical knowledge to forecast the future safety of nuclear power. Times, Sunday Times Accessorize with scarf around the head and use a bowling ball to forecast the future. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Expectations in this study refer to the cognitive and perceptual ways in which an infant can forecast a future event. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Previously it had forecast a loss of about 10 million and net debt of up to 180 million. Times, Sunday Times Analysts forecast a loss of 10.9 million, from a 17.6 million loss a year ago. Times, Sunday Times Analysts forecast a loss of 53.2 million, from a 36 million loss last time. Times, Sunday Times In this way, sports fans could make money if they forecast a loss rather than a win, and also if they predicted the margin of failure or victory. Times, Sunday Times As a result, the company has forecast a loss of up to 106million until the contract ends in 2023. The Sun Economists had forecast an increase of 0.4 percent. Houston Chronicle Economists had forecast an increase of 0.5 per cent. Times, Sunday Times Analysts had forecast an increase of just 0.2 per cent. Times, Sunday Times It had noted a sharp rise in sales and price growth and as a result had forecast an increase this year to 1.26 million transactions. Times,Sunday Times Although we did forecast an increase in applications this year, no-one could have foreseen the economic circumstances that led to so many people looking to invest their cash. Times, Sunday Times Nationwide said it was too early to forecast the outcome for 2011. The Sun This means that it can forecast the outcome over the next few years with some certainty — and the same goes for dividends. Times, Sunday Times He too had a busy schedule and it certainly wasn't for the money, nor could he possibly have forecast the outcome as there was talent galore on the leader board. The Sun They argue that polls only measure preferences on the polling day, whereas election stock markets forecast the outcome on election day. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Employment will rise by 1.2 million to 31.9 million, while claimant count unemployment will barely move, ending the five-year forecast period at 770,000. Times, Sunday Times It will then increase to 75 per cent by the end of the forecast period in 2014-15 and will then begin to fall. Times, Sunday Times One of these was that the current budget should balance no later than three years into the forecast period; in other words, that government revenues should cover all day-today spending. Times,Sunday Times If he stays true to form, he will cut taxes this year and promise to claw the money back at the end of his forecast period in 2018. Times, Sunday Times The strongest language in yesterday's minutes was that 'an ongoing tightening of monetary policy over the forecast period would be appropriate'. Times, Sunday Times The forecast predicts prime rental growth of 14 per cent this year after the 20 per cent bounce last year. Times, Sunday Times The new forecast predicts that growth will slow to 1.8% this year from 3.1% in 2007. Times, Sunday Times Against that, the weather forecast predicts possible showers. Times, Sunday Times Analysts forecast profit before tax of 6.56 million, compared to 5.66 million last year. Times, Sunday Times Analysts forecast profit before tax and exceptional items of between 56.7 million and 70.6 million. Times, Sunday Times Growth will resume next year, but much more modestly and the broker has pared back next year's forecast profit before tax by 32 per cent to £65 million. Times,Sunday Times It had previously forecast profit margins of between 6 per cent and 9 per cent; the revised outlook sent its shares tumbling by a fifth to a 13-year low. Times, Sunday Times The result: about 180m-200m in lost income, reducing this year's forecast profit growth to 15% against analysts' estimates of 17%. Times, Sunday Times The midpoint of that forecast range would represent yearon-year growth, whereas analysts were expecting a slight decline. Times, Sunday Times A total of 27.5 million shares were sold for $15 each, compared with a forecast range of $15 to $17 a share. Times, Sunday Times Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (ebitda) rose 3 per cent to 6.24 billion, against a forecast range of between 5.98 billion and 6.19 billion. Times, Sunday Times The body provided a forecast range for potential trade growth this year of 0.5 per cent to 1.6 per cent, with the higher end possible only if trade tensions eased. Times,Sunday Times Parcel volumes were up by 3 per cent, while letters were down 4 per cent, though the group said this was 'at the better end of our forecast range'. Times, Sunday Times There have recently been gloomy forecasts of lost jobs. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Experts now predict up to three per cent growth next year, which is double the gloomy forecasts of 12 months ago. The Sun (2013) I have decided not to listen to gloomy economic forecasts about High Street bankruptcies. The Sun (2009) This week's grim forecasts for the economy have been bad enough. Times, Sunday Times (2011) In the face of such grim forecasts, it's little wonder that people are becoming increasingly anxious about their health. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The Bank's grim medium-term forecasts reflect its view that the economy's structural problems are more significant than it previously thought. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Hurricane forecasts use a map with a 'cone of uncertainty'. Times, Sunday Times What went wrong with last year's hurricane forecasts? Times, Sunday Times The episode describes the fury of a hurricane and the history of hurricane forecasting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, the virus has also hit the corporation's finances, with income forecast to be down £125 million this year. Times,Sunday Times Values have risen but not enough to encourage banks to pay more to fund work, or to push income forecasts sufficiently above development costs. Times, Sunday Times I anticipate risk on the expenses side, trying to mitigate it by not being overly optimistic on the income forecasts people put in and measuring against expenditure. Times, Sunday Times Both should pull the inflation forecast lower, limiting the need for rate rises. Times, Sunday Times Tough times lie ahead for consumers with inflation forecast to rise in 2017. Times, Sunday Times The minutes said that 'some members saw upside risks to the inflation forecast'. Times, Sunday Times With inflation forecast at 2 to 3 per cent in the coming years, a settlement like this would actually mean wages flatlining in terms of what staff can actually buy. Times, Sunday Times Meanwhile, growth and inflation forecasts for the eurozone were pared. Times, Sunday Times And while it issued a forecast in autumn proclaiming that this winter would be mild, rival forecasters correctly predicted colder than normal weather. Times, Sunday Times The ministry issued a forecast last month in which it had predicted a fall in production to a range of between 42.8 million and 46.4 million hectolitres. Times, Sunday Times Every year, economists issue their forecasts, duly get them wrong (the error rates are actually remarkably consistent) and every year they get roundly castigated for their mistakes. Times, Sunday Times Conditions continued to deteriorate through the early evening, and at 7:30 the local weather bureau issued a forecast which included the developing thunderstorm activity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the morning, they issued a forecast for heavy thunderstorms effective for 56 pm that evening. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The latest forecast for world cereal production points to a record output of nearly 2.2 billion tonnes this year, up 3.8% from 2007. Times, Sunday Times Private sector wages are growing at their fastest rate in 13 years, according to the latest forecast. Times, Sunday Times Its latest forecast sets out close to a dream scenario for the government. Times, Sunday Times Best to keep an eye and ear out for the latest forecast if you are expecting to use road, rail or plane in the coming week. Times, Sunday Times The latest forecasts are an eye-watering 210 per cent. Times,Sunday Times All of which calls into question any folklore long-range forecast. Times, Sunday Times In the long-range forecast, you are advised to expect a dull finale. Times, Sunday Times We all knew, in our hearts, that such a long-range forecast must be at least partly speculative. Times, Sunday Times As for rain, the long-range forecast had no sign of whether this summer would be wet or dry. Times, Sunday Times In the search for data to pin a long-range forecast on, ocean temperatures are well worth looking at. Times, Sunday Times Although advance bookings are up on last year, many visitors may wait for the long-term forecast before making up their minds. Times, Sunday Times He agreed only to 'a long-term forecast of his overseas trips'. Times, Sunday Times However, he was looking anxiously at the long-term forecasts for the next three weeks to see whether the elements will be kinder this year. Times, Sunday Times Forecasting the long-term forecasts of forecasters can be a tricky business. Times, Sunday Times The second report at the time of the referendum made long-term forecasts, and it has proved more enduring. Times, Sunday Times He also made staff feel under pressure to lower forecast impairments. Times, Sunday Times This had analysts lowering forecasts for this year. Times, Sunday Times Economists have no real excuse for using the spending review as justification for lowering their forecasts. Times, Sunday Times Every analyst coaxed into lowering forecasts pulls the consensus lower, which then encourages optimistic outliers to follow suit. Times, Sunday Times Official forecasts show that the government will then be spending nearly 10 % more on welfare than it did last year. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Its official forecast is that prices will be flat this year. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The statistics, buried in official forecasts for the tax year, highlight the gap between rich and poor. Times, Sunday Times (2012) An optimistic forecast has predicted a 60 per cent chance of more rain. Times, Sunday Times My advice would be to sell, sell, sell at that absurdly optimistic forecast for a sure-fire money earner. The Sun But it will not start until 2020 and will not be complete, even on an optimistic forecast, until the middle of the century. Times, Sunday Times Last week the commerce department said that the economy had grown by an annualised 3.2 per cent in the first quarter, well ahead of the most optimistic forecast. Times, Sunday Times The company gave an optimistic forecast, stating that it sales would rise by between 4 per cent and 7 per cent this year. Times, Sunday Times Unfortunately, that pessimistic forecast turned out to be correct. Times, Sunday Times That was the most pessimistic forecast yet made by anyone in government. ST Factory activity shrank by more than the most pessimistic forecast and has now contracted for five consecutive months. Times,Sunday Times It will grow at about 5 per cent this year, according to the most pessimistic forecasts. Times, Sunday Times But to be rowed out of the medal positions altogether was way beyond the most pessimistic forecasts. Times, Sunday Times It also predicted the economy would grow by 2.8 per cent this year, up from the previous forecast of 2.5 per cent. The Sun (2015) It lifted its outlook to between a billion and 1.6 billion barrels, nearly a fourfold increase on previous forecasts. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Global steel consumption is expected to grow only 2 % this year, significantly below the association's previous forecast of 3.1 %. Times, Sunday Times (2014) However, the company revised its total gold production forecast for the year upwards by 30,000 ounces to 430,000 ounces because of increased production at two mines. Times, Sunday Times Yesterday however, the group maintained its full-year production forecast of 580,000 ounces at a cash cost of production of $555 per ounce. Times, Sunday Times It also boosted gold production by for a seventh consecutive year in 2017 and held its production forecast for 2018 of 1.3 million to 1.35 million ounces. Times, Sunday Times In 2007, new management was brought in and the commercial production forecast was reset to 2009. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Due to bullish grain production forecast, winter wheat was not planted in 1958 leaving no harvest in the spring of 1959. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When the property pundits publish their forecasts for 2008, they are likely to predict growth, albeit of just 3 per cent. Times, Sunday Times The gurus are starting to publish their forecasts for 2011. Times, Sunday Times He was so confident of his method that he predicted the weather for every day of 1838 and published the forecast in an almanac the year before. Times, Sunday Times An official forecast published on budget day shows the consumer prices index measure of inflation will rise to 2.4% this year and 2.3% in 2018. Times, Sunday Times Five-year forecasts published this week on the performance of the market predict at least a decade of sluggish growth, plus a narrowing of the north-south divide. Times, Sunday Times Forecasters are wearing out their erasers and delete buttons in a rush to revise their forecasts downward. Times, Sunday Times Economists will long since have revised their forecasts. Times,Sunday Times The encouraging signs from the housing market, where estate agents are reporting record numbers of buyer inquiries, has prompted some economists to revise their forecasts for house prices. Times, Sunday Times He revised his forecast for economic growth in 2011 down to 3.25 per cent, from 3.5 per cent. Times, Sunday Times United have revised their forecasted revenues for the 2016-17 season after stronger growth than first anticipated. Times, Sunday Times To put it simply, we have stopped believing everyone's rosy forecasts of growth. Times, Sunday Times In the event these rosy forecasts were to be confounded. Times, Sunday Times Amid the rosy forecasts, it sometimes feels like five minutes to midnight. Times, Sunday Times The seasonal forecast said there was a high chance of above-average temperatures during the summer, which proved to be correct. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The Met Office is now making seasonal forecasts only for commercial or research purposes. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Others agreed that the value of publishing seasonal weather forecasts that gave only vague indications of future weather was questionable. Times, Sunday Times (2011) For a short-term forecast there can be a grain of truth in this. Times, Sunday Times It already produces a range of short-term forecasts aimed at the week ahead, plus seasonal ones that predict the weather over the next few months. Times, Sunday Times While short-term forecasts depended on uncertain views about business and consumer confidence, longer-term forecasts were based on changed trading arrangements. Times, Sunday Times It's a rational response to the stagnation in real incomes and has meant that, contrary to the gloomier short-term forecasts, the economy has kept expanding. Times, Sunday Times Current active research in dual-polarization radar includes winter precipitation, detection and short-term forecasting of high-impact weather events, quantitative precipitation estimation, satellite validation, and particle type identification. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The snow forecast looks great, and beginners can even learn for free. Times, Sunday Times With more snow forecast for today, there was a possibility the race could be cancelled. Globe and Mail Met ireann issued a weather warning with up to of snow forecast. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Small wonder that snow forecasts can change hour-by-hour. Times, Sunday Times Heavy snow forecast products, in association with the short-range public forecast products (described below), serve as a coordinating mechanism for the national winter storm watch and warning program. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, it's a brave person who would rely on folklore for a winter forecast. Times, Sunday Times Even the much derided winter forecast was not the blunder that it appeared to be. Times, Sunday Times The rogue forecasters, though, can afford to stay quiet, although by chance their far-fetched winter forecasts could be correct one year. Times, Sunday Times As often happens when using folklore to make long-range winter forecasts, there are mixed signs. Times, Sunday Times The accuracy of summer forecasts lags way behind that of winter forecasts because less research has gone into them. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 预测, 预言 Japanese: 天気予報, 予測する |
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