foresight
英['fɔːsaɪt]
美['fɔrsaɪt]
- n. 先见，远见；预见；深谋远虑
词态变化
复数: foresights;
中文词源
foresight 先见之明
fore-,在前。sight,看，视野。
英文词源
- foresight (n.)
- also fore-sight, early 14c., "insight obtained beforehand;" also "prudence," from fore- + sight (n.). Perhaps modeled on Latin providentia. Compare German Vorsicht "attention, caution, cautiousness."
双语例句
- 1. He was later criticised for his lack of foresight.
- 他后来被指责缺少先见之明。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She had had the foresight to prepare herself financially in case of an accident.
- 她有先见之明，经济上作了准备以防万一发生事故。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. It required a statesman's foresight and sagacity to make the decision.
- 作出这个决定需要政治家的远见卓识.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. No one had enough foresight to predict the winner.
- 谁也没有足够的先见能预测哪一个获胜.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. The failure is the result of our lack of foresight.
- 这次失败是由于我们缺乏远虑而造成的.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》