foretell

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To foretell is to predict or hint at something. Some people believe that two crows foretell good luck for the person who sees them.

Signs and omens foretell good or bad fortune, and symbolism in the early chapters of a novel can foretell events that happen near the end of the book. Longtime sailors sometimes say that a pink morning sky foretells bad weather later in the day. In each case, something is being foreshadowed or forecast. Fore is an Old English prefix that means “before” or “earlier,” and it's combined here with tell, “to reckon or consider.”

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1. cannot foretell now

   现在可说不准

2. augur foretell

   预卜,预测,预报

3. rate foretell

   运价预测

4. foretell l

   预言

5. cannot foretell

   未可逆料

6. to foretell

   预示,预卜

7. to foretell the future

   卜占

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词根：foretell

foretoken预兆；预示

foretelling预言

foretoken成为…之预兆