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foresightedness

/fawr-sahyt, fohr-/US // ˈfɔrˌsaɪt, ˈfoʊr- //UK // (ˈfɔːˌsaɪt) //

先见之明,预见性,前瞻性,先知先觉

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
    • : the act or power of foreseeing; prevision; prescience.
    • : an act of looking forward.
    • : knowledge or insight gained by or as by looking forward; a view of the future.
    • : Surveying. a sight or reading taken on a forward point. a rod reading on a point the elevation of which is to be determined.

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Examples

  • What a prolific author George Orwell was, and what foresight he had!

  • You can have foresight about the future, and you can get in early while products are being thought about and developed, and not just do things after the fact.

  • She is a visiting professor at the College of Europe, and the former head of strategic foresight at the World Economic Forum.

  • Strategic foresight is there to enable you to make better-informed choices, and to reflect on the future in an action-oriented manner.

  • This single word impresses upon us the foresightedness with which he anticipates metaphysical doctrines of modern Germany.

  • His spirit of determination, his persistence, his foresightedness, seem to me the predominant traits in a well-rounded character.

  • And with her customary cleverness and foresightedness she called him up at the hospital.

  • The end of our story will show the wonderful foresightedness of Franklin's scheme.