forestudy

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Anything studied or requiring study beforehand; a prerequisite.
    — As we shall soon see, this latter point will become an important means of comparison and differentiation when we investigate the Discourse. Thus, even though Couturat believed this work to be a forestudy for the Discourse (L 267), it fails to be [...]
动词 v.
  1. To study beforehand or in advance. rare,transitive
    — Third, where he says, with his quaint, but expressive brevity of style, " that Lord Hastings was an honourable man, a good knight, and a gentle of great authority with his prince; of living somewhat dissolute, plain and open to his enemy, and sweet to his friend; easy to be beguiled, as he that (of good heart and courage) forestudied no peril; a loving man, and passing well-beloved; very faithful and trusty, and trusting too much."

词形变化

forestudies present,singular,third-person forestudying participle,present forestudied participle,past forestudied past forestudies plural

词源

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