foregone

英 [ˈfɔːɡɒn]

美 [ˈfɔːrɡɔːn]

adj.  先前的，过去的，预知的
v.  （在位置时间或程度方面）走在…之前，居先( forego的过去分词 )

过去分词：foregone　

BNC.19944 / COCA.21504

习惯用语

adj.

a foregone conclusion
• 预料中的必然结局
  if you say that sth is a foregone conclusion , you mean that it is a result that is certain to happen

柯林斯词典

• 
  Foregoneis the past participle offorego.
• PHRASE 注定的结论;预料之中的必然结果
  If you say that a particular result isa foregone conclusion, you mean you are certain that it will happen.
  1. Most voters believe the result is a foregone conclusion...
     多数投票者认为这个结果是意料之中的。
  2. It's almost a foregone conclusion that you'll get what you want.
     你将得到你想要的，这几乎是确定无疑的。

英英释义

adj

• well in the past
  1. bygone days
  2. dreams of foregone times
  3. sweet memories of gone summers
  4. relics of a departed era
  Synonym:bygonebypastdepartedgone

双语例句

• The result should be a foregone conclusion.
  这一结果本在预料之中。
• A severe debt write-off by Greece and Portugal is a foregone conclusion; and in my view both countries would be better off without the euro.
  希腊和葡萄牙大笔勾销债务是预料中的必然结局；在我看来，如果退出欧元区，两国的境况将会更好。
• This is not just about meals foregone today or about increasing social unrest.
  这不仅是关于今天吃不上的饭或更多的社会动乱的问题。
• Most voters believe the result is a foregone conclusion
  多数投票者认为这个结果是意料之中的。
• This outcome is hardly a foregone conclusion.
  这样的结果并不是未卜先知。
• Cost in terms of foregone alternatives.
  放弃其他选择的费用。
• The measurements of the costs of health impairing pollution depends on the foregone earnings from increased morbidity and mortality.
  妨害健康之污染其成本的计量取决于因发病率和死亡率增高而损失的工资收入。
• The surrender of Japanese imperialism is now a foregone conclusion.
  日本帝国主义投降的大势已经定了。
• The outcome of both votes was assumed to be a foregone conclusion.
  两次投票的结果被认为是早成定局的事。
• My dream would be foregone, and I might never learn to enjoy the world as a single individual.
  我的梦想就会像先前那样破灭，而我也永远不会作为一个独立的人去享受人生。