音标:[fɒ:'wɒ:n] ;
vt. 预先警告
v. warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning
词型变化:过去分词 : forewarned ; 第三人称单数 : forewarns ; 现在分词 : forewarning ; 过去式 : forewarned ; 名词复数形式 : forewarns
词性分布:
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forewarn的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. We had been forewarned of the risk of fire.已经事先警告过我们有发生火灾的危险。
  2. The fishermen were forewarned of the oncoming of the storm.渔民预先得到了暴风雨来临的警告。

经典引文

  • We were forewarned of your coming And shut the gates.

    出自:3 Henry VI,Shakespeare
  • Forewarned is forearmed.

    出自:Proverb
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