喜樂美語

From the word’s history

From Middle English forecasten; fore- + cast.

源自中古英文 forecasten，由 fore-「預先」加 cast 組成。

Wiktionary

You look at what the instruments say today — the pressure, the sales figures, the trend line — and cast that forward to say what tomorrow will probably look like. The word carries its own method inside it: this is not a guess or a hope, it is a reading of present data thrown ahead.

可以想成：先看今天的儀表——氣壓、業績、走勢線——再把它往前拋，說出明天大概會怎樣。這個字本身就把方法寫在裡面了：它不是猜，也不是希望，而是「根據現有資料推出來的」。所以氣象和商業數字最常用它。

同家族的字

n forecasts

v forecast / forecasted forecast / forecasted forecasting forecasts

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

forecastverb/ˈfɔːkɑːst/

  • 1

    To estimate how something will be in the future.

    • to forecast the weather, or a storm
    • to forecast a rise in prices
  • 2

    To foreshadow; to suggest something in advance.

  • 3

    obsoleteTo contrive or plan beforehand.

    • And, if it happen as I did forecaſt, / The dainteſt diſhes ſhall be ſerv'd up laſt.

forecastnoun/ˈfɔːkɑːst/

  • 1

    An estimation of a future condition.

  • 2

    An estimation of a future condition.

    • The forecast said it'll be blowy tomorrow
    • The forecast calls for a slight warming trend in the coming days, with sunny skies and daytime temperatures reaching the midteens on Sunday and Monday, when the men will hit the snowboard course.
  • 3

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