音标:['fɒ:θɒ:t] ;
n. 事先的考虑, 事先的筹划, 深虑, 先见
[法] 预谋
n planning or plotting in advance of acting
n judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger
词型变化:名词复数形式 : forethoughts
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forethought的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. The headstrong impetuous man rushed into things without forethought.这个顽固的莽汉,不预先考虑,仓促行事。
  2. If I'd had the forethought to bring my raincoat, I wouldn't have got wet in the storm.我当初如果想到要带雨衣,便不会被暴风雨淋湿了。
  3. A little forethought would have saved you much trouble afterwards.如果事先稍微考虑一下的话,就会省掉你以后的许多麻烦了。
  4. An empty refrigerator illustrates a lack of forethought on the owner's part.空空的冰箱说明主人缺乏先见。

经典引文

  • The title which she had never given him before came to her lips without forethought.

    出自:George Eliot
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