单词	second-guess
释义	second-guessˌsecond-ˈguess verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE second-guess Simple Form Present I, you, we, they second-guess he, she, it second-guesses Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they second-guessed Present perfect I, you, we, they have second-guessed he, she, it has second-guessed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had second-guessed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will second-guess Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have second-guessed Continuous Form Present I am second-guessing he, she, it is second-guessing you, we, they are second-guessing Past I, he, she, it was second-guessing you, we, they were second-guessing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been second-guessing he, she, it has been second-guessing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been second-guessing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be second-guessing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been second-guessing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Second-guessing the bank's next move in the takeover bid proved very difficult. I just couldn't get the ball past him; he second-guessed me every time. It's no use second-guessing his decision to sell the company. She was trying to second-guess which card Jeff would play next. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto say what will happen in the future► predict to say what you think will happen in the future: · Most of the papers are predicting an easy victory for the Dallas Cowboys.· a major earthquake that no-one had predictedpredict (that): · Some scientists predict that the Earth's temperature will rise by as much as 5° over the next 20 years. ► forecast to publicly say what will happen in the future with the weather or the economic or political situation, especially when you have special or technical knowledge: · Property analysts forecast a fall in house prices.forecast rain/fine weather/snow etc: · Rain is forecast for all parts of southern England tomorrow.forecast that: · Hardly anyone had forecast that the drought would last so long. ► prophesy to say that something will happen, especially because you have religious or magical powers: · It is claimed that Ebba prophesied her own death from the plague. prophesy that: · Jesus prophesied that one of his disciples would betray him.prophesy about: · Her ability to prophesy about the future made many people think she was a witch. ► foretell to say what will happen in the future, especially by using magical powers - used in literature and stories: · Nostradamus is said to have foretold the rise of Hitler.· Everything happened as Merlin foretold. ► second-guess to try to predict what an opponent will do in order to gain an advantage over them: · I just couldn't get the ball past him; he second-guessed me every time.· Second-guessing the bank's next move in the takeover bid proved very difficult. 1to try to say what will happen or what someone will do before they do it:  I’m not going to try and second-guess the committee’s decisions.2American English to criticize something after it has already happened:  The decision has been made – there’s no point in second-guessing it now.
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