foretell
单词辨析：
尤指用特殊的魔力预言某事会发生。
foretell the future
预言未来
A witch foretold that the girl would live happily ever after with a prince.
一位女巫预言这个女孩将和王子幸福地生活在一起。
指在某事尚未发生的时候就认为某事会发生。
The increase was 3% slower than predicted.
增长比预计的慢3%。
He predicted that the ruling party would win a huge majority in the election.
他预言该执政党将在大选中获得巨大的票数优势。
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These verbs mean to foretell or give signs of impending peril, evil, or injury.
这些动词指预先告知或给出即将到来的危险、灾祸或伤害的迹象。
We even can foretell a coming earthquake to some extent.
在某种程度上我们甚至还能预测地震。
The result is hard to foretell.
结果如何尚难预卜。
The outcome of the war is hard to foretell.
战争胜负难以预卜。
Lots of people have had dreams that seem to foretell the future.
很多人都曾做过似乎能预示未来的梦。
As for what would happen to theirs, I could not foretell, much less could I guarantee.
但它们各自的命运，我是不能预知，也不能担保的。