- 1預見；預料
To foresee is to think or know that something is going to happen later — not magic, usually from experience or a clear sign. You can foresee trouble if two angry people must share a small office. It is a little formal. In chat, people more often say “I knew that would happen” or “I can see this coming.” Though actually, nobody truly sees the whole future; we use foresee for a strong, guess, and later it can look obvious. Companies like to say they “could not have foreseen” a problem when they want to sound less to blame. The noun that sits beside it is : that is the ability, not the verb.
From the word’s history
From Old English foresēon; fore- + see.
源自古英文 foresēon，即 fore-（事先）加 see（看見）。
組成From Middle English, from Old English foresēon; equivalent to fore- + see.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
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foreseeverb/fɔɹˈsi/
- 1
To perceive (a situation or event) in advance.
- A prudent man foreſeeth the euill, and hideth himſelfe: but the ſimple paſſe on, and are puniſhed.
- Ariel. My Maſter through his Art foreſees the danger That you (his friend) are in, and ſends me forth (For elſe his proiect dies) to keepe them liuing.
- 2
obsoleteTo provide.
- Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life.
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