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futurity

/fyoo-toor-i-tee, -tyoor-, -choor-, -chur-/US // fyuˈtʊər ɪ ti, -ˈtyʊər-, -ˈtʃʊər-, -ˈtʃɜr- //UK // (fjuːˈtjʊərɪtɪ) //

未来性,未来,未来之星,未来的

Related Words

prospect前景,前景展望,展望,前景预测outlook展望,观点,展望未来,愿景millennium千禧年,千年,纪元destiny命运,缘分,天命,命中注定fate命运,缘分,运气,天命hereafter此后,从今以后,从今往后eternity永恒,永生,永恒的,长生不老infinity宇宙空间,宇宙空间无限大,宇宙空间无限,宇宙的无限expectation期待,期望,期望值,期待值posterity后代,后人,后期,后代人offing紧张紧张,紧张不安的情绪,紧张的大morrow凌晨时分,凌晨,凌晨时分的tomorrow明天,明日,明天的,明日之星afterward事后,之后,随后aftertime事后by and by由和,由和由,由和的,由及to be要,是,将是,将会是

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural fu·tu·ri·ties.

    • : future time: Such discussion is better left to futurity.
    • : future generations; posterity: What will futurity say about this?
    • : the afterlife: the promise of eternal rest in futurity.
    • : a future state or condition; a future event, possibility, or prospect: We are concerned about the futurity of unsubsidized opera. His tactfulness remains more of a futurity than a reality.
    • : the quality of being future: the futurity of the end of the world.
    • : Also called futurity race .Horse Racing. a race, usually for two-year-olds, in which the entrants are selected long before the race is run, sometimes before the birth of the foal.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inby-and-by
Synonyms
hereafter此后,从今以后,从今往后time to come来的时候,来日方长,来的时间,来时
as infuture
Synonyms
destiny命运,缘分,天命,命中注定fate命运,缘分,运气,天命millennium千禧年,千年,纪元outlook展望,观点,展望未来,愿景prospect前景,前景展望,展望,前景预测eternity永恒,永生,永恒的,长生不老expectation期待,期望,期望值,期待值hereafter此后,从今以后,从今往后infinity宇宙空间,宇宙空间无限大,宇宙空间无限,宇宙的无限morrow凌晨时分,凌晨,凌晨时分的offing紧张紧张,紧张不安的情绪,紧张的大posterity后代,后人,后期,后代人tomorrow明天,明日,明天的,明日之星aftertime事后afterward事后,之后,随后by and by由和,由和由,由和的,由及life to come生命的到来,生命来临时,生命的降临,生命降临subsequent time随后的时间,后续时间,后来的时间,随后的时间里to be要,是,将是,将会是world to come未来的世界,未来世界,下一个世界,来世

Examples

  • Calm and contented in the consciousness of having done my duty, I look forward to futurity with perfect peace of mind.

  • He had a form of ideal beauty, grace, and vigor, inspired by unerring wisdom and insight into futurity.

  • I would gladly have risked futurity to have looked elsewhere—I could not.

  • Our plans of futurity, our purposes of gain, or our resolves of usefulness, may be ended in one short hour.

  • Drawing of lots was frequently resorted to by the Romans wishing to pry into futurity.

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