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premonition

/pree-muh-nish-uhn, prem-uh-/US // ˌpri məˈnɪʃ ən, ˌprɛm ə- //UK // (ˌprɛməˈnɪʃən) //

预感,预言,预兆,前兆

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment: He had a vague premonition of danger.
    • : a forewarning.

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Examples

  • We’ve had four whales come out of nowhere — no premonition or warning that this was on the way.

  • One night, when her daughter, Sarah Dawn Ray, called, the two women had a premonition that the situation could soon turn violent.

  • An accident victim named Johnny Smith wakes from a coma with a skill at premonition.

  • From the moment the Tea Party emerged on the scene, I had a premonition that I would eventually have to leave the GOP.

  • As Conan says with eerie premonition, “I just think that guy is going to hurt me.”

  • But I am shocked how these new rumors have been codified into a kind of collective South African premonition.

  • All through the sad duties of the next four days Felipe was conscious of the undercurrent of this premonition.

  • If Delancy had stayed a little longer at the scene of his crime, he would have learned that his premonition was founded in truth.

  • So solemn was his air, so sober his voice, that both girls felt a premonition of the untoward message that he bore.

  • Her arms drew closer about her body, while a shiver ran through it—a premonition perhaps.

  • Nita felt a strange, tremulous thrill sweep over her—was it ecstasy or a premonition of evil?