英语词汇“foreshadow”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To foreshadow is to predict something or to give a hint of what is to come. Your kid sister's ability to take apart a toaster and put it back together might foreshadow a successful career in electronics.

The verb foreshadow is often defined as "warning" or has a suggestion of something bad to come, though sometimes it's more neutral or shows examples of both good and bad predictions. Dark gray clouds foreshadow a thunderstorm, just as spring showers foreshadow May flowers. What is foreshadowed doesn't always happen, though. A story might not foreshadow a happily-ever-after ending, but then it takes an unexpected twist, and the villain turns out to be a hero.

WORD FAMILY

foreshadow: foreshadowed, foreshadowing, foreshadows+/foreshadowing: foreshadowings/overshadow: overshadowed, overshadowing, overshadows/shadow: foreshadow, overshadow, shadowed, shadower, shadowing, shadows, shadowy/shadowed: unshadowed/shadower: shadowers/shadowing: shadowings/shadowy: shadowily, shadowiness

USAGE EXAMPLES

Mr. Bourdain said that while he fears Mr. Trump’s election is a foreshadowing of “authoritarianism,” conservatives do not own full culpability for the political landscape.

Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016)

Only now, in retrospect, does the encounter foreshadow the anger and fear that was a dominant theme of the 2016 campaign.

The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016)

Now I see it as a kind of foreshadowing of what happened next and the results of the election: it is a moment of terror.

The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016)

v indicate by signs

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate

threaten

to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"

foreshow

foretell by divine inspiration

bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal

be a signal for or a symptom of

单词	foreshadow
释义	foreshadow (once / 2628 pages) v To foreshadow is to predict something or to give a hint of what is to come. Your kid sister's ability to take apart a toaster and put it back together might foreshadow a successful career in electronics. The verb foreshadow is often defined as "warning" or has a suggestion of something bad to come, though sometimes it's more neutral or shows examples of both good and bad predictions. Dark gray clouds foreshadow a thunderstorm, just as spring showers foreshadow May flowers. What is foreshadowed doesn't always happen, though. A story might not foreshadow a happily-ever-after ending, but then it takes an unexpected twist, and the villain turns out to be a hero. WORD FAMILY foreshadow: foreshadowed, foreshadowing, foreshadows+/foreshadowing: foreshadowings/overshadow: overshadowed, overshadowing, overshadows/shadow: foreshadow, overshadow, shadowed, shadower, shadowing, shadows, shadowy/shadowed: unshadowed/shadower: shadowers/shadowing: shadowings/shadowy: shadowily, shadowiness USAGE EXAMPLES Mr. Bourdain said that while he fears Mr. Trump’s election is a foreshadowing of “authoritarianism,” conservatives do not own full culpability for the political landscape. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) Only now, in retrospect, does the encounter foreshadow the anger and fear that was a dominant theme of the 2016 campaign. The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016) Now I see it as a kind of foreshadowing of what happened next and the results of the election: it is a moment of terror. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) v indicate by signs Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate threaten to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain" foreshow foretell by divine inspiration bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal be a signal for or a symptom of
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