1.(尤指用魔力)预知,预言to know or say what will happen in the future, especially by using magic powers
to foretell the future预言未来
The witch foretold that she would marry a prince.女巫预言她将嫁给王子。
None of us can foretell what lies ahead.我们谁都不能预知未来。
The focus of the present study was to see if levels of the enzyme could foretell problems for apparently healthy people.
本研究集中研究了该酶水平是否可以预测表面健康人群疾病发生情况。
That's why fishermen called the baiji the goddess of the Yangtze and said the animal could foretell bad weather.
正是由于这个原因,渔民称白暨豚为扬子女神,说它能够预言灾害天气。
I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent.
我从前说过,如今不在你们那里又说,正如我第二次见你们的时候所说的一样,就是对那犯罪的,和其馀。
Lots of people have had dreams that seem to foretell the future. Some psychologists attribute this to " retrieval cues. "
很多人都曾做过似乎能预示未来的梦。一些心理学家把这种现象归因于“复得线索”。
for it is impossible to foretell the exact nature of the difficulties which will confront the pot-holer.
因为无法预见到洞穴探险者究竟会遇到什么性质的困难。
Peacock also is said to be able to foretell rain, and dances when rain is coming.
据说孔雀能够预知雨水,将要下雨的时候就会跳舞。
Just as thunder precedes lightning, earthquakes often foretell volcanic activity.
就像雷预示着闪电的出现一样,地震通常会预示着火山的爆发。
Since I cannot foretell things like a prophet, I cannot help taking a small loss.
我又不能料事如神,总不免要吃点小亏。
I knew the fates did not foretell of my end.
我就知道命运没有预言我的终结。
I hope not that. - It is not likely. No, Mr. Knightley, do not foretell vexation from that quarter.
我希望不要出这种事。这不可能。不会的,奈特利先生,你别预言他儿子会给他带来烦恼。
S&P's changes may even foretell a coming upturn for banks, he said.
他还称,标普的调整甚至可能预示,银行业形势即将好转。
After the plate falls, the pieces of broken china foretell the number of children the couple can expect to have.
芬兰人认为,盘子摔碎后的碎片数可以预知这对夫妇未来可能生育孩子的数量。
To foretell it may be to lose everything, to despair and to go into the earth again, never to rise.
去预言它会让你失去一切,要是放弃希望你就会再一次回到土里面,永远不会再起来。
I do not foretell, for all foretelling is now vain; on the one hand lies darkness, and on the other only hope.
我不做预言,因为现在任何预言都是徒劳的,也是黑暗,一边只能是希望。
A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year.
政客的能力一在于能够预测明天,下周,下个月,明年能够发生什么。
foretell-- To tell of or indicate beforehand; predict.
预言,预示事先告知或暗示;预示
They have trained throughout history for a battle their legends foretell will decide the fate of the world.
他们在历史的狂潮中饱受训练,为了传说中决定世界未来的战斗而准备。
Whether palm reading can foretell the future, however, is a question science seems unable to answer.
然而,看手相能否能预测将来,似乎仍然是科教有法解开之谜。
Also in Scotland, small objects are hidden in a bowl of champ it tatties(mashed potatoes)to foretell what the coming year will bring.
同样在苏格兰,人们会在一碗土豆泥里,藏些小物品来预示接下来的一年会给他们带去什么。
Just as the Jews weretraditionally forbidden to foretell the future, so Marx the secular Jew ismostly silent on what might lie ahead.
仅仅因为犹太人的传统禁止预言未来,所以世俗的犹太人马克思绝大多数时候对前方可能出现的事情保持沉默。
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