foreread

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A foreword; preface.
动词 v.
  1. To signify beforehand; predict. transitive
    — She feels that she could "foreread the future and its mystery" if she could divine the meaning of the "burdened sea."
  2. To read beforehand or ahead of time. transitive
    — I can readily imagine what Pushkin might have said to his trembling paraphrasts; but I also know how pleased and excited I would have been in 1935 had I been able to foreread this 1965 version.
  3. To perceive, interpret or figure out in advance. transitive
    — He foreread like a placard Jeanne d'Etoiles' magnificent scheme: it would convulse all Europe.

词形变化

forereads present,singular,third-person forereading participle,present foreread participle,past foreread past fore-read alternative forereads plural fore-read alternative

词源

词源 1
From fore- + read.
词源 2
From fore- + read.
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