foresight
英 ['f??sa?t]
美['f?rsa?t]
- n. 先見，遠見；預見；深謀遠慮
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詞態變化
復數:?foresights;
中文詞源
foresight 先見之明
fore-,在前。sight,看，視野。
英文詞源
- foresight (n.)
- also fore-sight, early 14c., "insight obtained beforehand;" also "prudence," from fore- + sight (n.). Perhaps modeled on Latin providentia. Compare German Vorsicht "attention, caution, cautiousness."
雙語例句
- 1. He was later criticised for his lack of foresight.
- 他后來被指責缺少先見之明。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She had had the foresight to prepare herself financially in case of an accident.
- 她有先見之明，經濟上作了準備以防萬一發生事故。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. It required a statesman's foresight and sagacity to make the decision.
- 作出這個決定需要政治家的遠見卓識.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. No one had enough foresight to predict the winner.
- 誰也沒有足夠的先見能預測哪一個獲勝.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. The failure is the result of our lack of foresight.
- 這次失敗是由于我們缺乏遠慮而造成的.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》