foresight 英 [ˈfɔ:saɪt]   美 [ˈfɔrsaɪt]

foresight

foresight  英 [ˈfɔ:saɪt] 美 [ˈfɔrsaɪt]

n. 远见;预见;深谋远虑 

名词复数:foresights 

No one had enough foresight to predict the winner. 谁也没有足够的先见能预测哪一个获胜。
Did they have the foresight to predict how strong this nation would become? 他们是否有远见预知这个国家将变得何等强大?

  • Use the noun foresight to describe successful planning for the future. When it starts raining hard during your long walk to school, you'll wish you had the foresight to bring an umbrella.
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  • n. 远见;预见;深谋远虑
  • 1. No one had enough foresight to predict the winner.

    谁也没有足够的先见能预测哪一个获胜。

  • 2. Did they have the foresight to predict how strong this nation would become?

    他们是否有远见预知这个国家将变得何等强大?

  • 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."
fore·sight / ˈfɔːsaɪt ; NAmE ˈfɔːrsaɪt / noun [uncountable ] ( approving) the ability to predict what is likely to happen and to use this to prepare for the future 深谋远虑;先见之明 She had had the foresight to prepare herself financially in case of an accident. 她有先见之明,经济上作了准备以防万一发生事故。 compare hindsight fore·sight / ˈfɔːsaɪt ; NAmE ˈfɔːrsaɪt /
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