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forebode

/fawr-bohd, fohr-/US // fɔrˈboʊd, foʊr- //UK // (fɔːˈbəʊd) //

预示着,预示,预测,预感

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    fore·bod·ed, fore·bod·ing.

    • : to foretell or predict; be an omen of; indicate beforehand; portend: clouds that forebode a storm.
    • : to have a strong inner feeling or notion of; have a presentiment of.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    fore·bod·ed, fore·bod·ing.

    • : to prophesy.
    • : to have a presentiment.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Having each court changing schedules and advancing a larger volume of cases to trial has filled him with a feeling of foreboding.

  • They all seem to represent doors or portals of some kind—dark, monumental, and foreboding.

  • It gave Jones a sense of foreboding about what may become of her own votes for Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff.

  • The color has also been used to forebode an omen or a threat.

  • The storm raised over King Christian's letter was such as to forebode no other settlement than by arms.

  • From her history the shadow of the Horde, one is tempted to forebode, in the words of Poe, shall be lifted nevermore.

  • The menaces of my persecutor seemed to forebode the inevitable interruption of this system.

  • This profound tranquility excited the suspicions of the Black Bear; it seemed to forebode an impending storm.

  • Perhaps—but her tone did not forebode a cheerful conversation.