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2 Fore! used in the game of golf to warn people that they are in the path of a ball that you are hitting

注意,看球(打髙尔夫球时警告前面球路中的人以免被击 中)

fore- /fo:(r)/ combining form (in nouns and verbs 词和知词1 before; in advance 先于;预先/oreword 前言◊ /oreteH预言2 in the front of的前部:the foreground of the picture

fore-arm1 /'foiraim; NAmE -a:rm/ noun the part of the arm between the eli)w and the wrist 前臂picture o

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fore-arm2 /.foir'aim; NAmE -'airm/ verb Tl»!71 see fore­warn

fore-bear (also for-bear) /'fo:bea(r); NAmE 'foirber/ noun [usually pi.] {formal or literary) a person in your family who lived a long time ago 祖先;祖宗 HT1 ancestor fore-bod-ing /foi'baudiq; NAmE foir'bou-/ noun [U, C] a strong feeling that sth unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen (对不祥或危险事情的)强烈预感She had. a sense of foreboding that the news would be bad. 她预感到这会是环消息◊ He fcnewom her /ace that his/orebodfngs had been justiykd他从她的脸上看出,自 己不祥的预感是正确的。〇 note atFEAR>fore.bod.ing adj. a /oreboding /eeHng that something was wrong 出 了问题的>不祥顼感

fore.brain /’fo:brein; /VAmf .foir-/ ziown (fl/iatomy the front part of the brain 前脑 fore-Cast /'fo:ka:st; NAmE 'foirksest/ noun, verb m noun a statement about what will happen in the future, based on information that is available now 预测;预 报saZes /orecasts 销售预测◊ 77ie /orecast said there wouid be sunny intervals cmd showers.预报间晴,有阵 雨 0 — see also weather forecast verb (fore-cast, fore cast) or (fore cast-ed, fore cast-ed) to say what you think will happen in the future based on information that you have now 预测;预报 HTH predict [VN] Experts are forecasting a recovery in the economy.专家预测经济将爱苏<> Snow is/orecast/or toorrovv.预报明天有雪o Temperatures were forecast to reach 40°C.预报温度将达40摄氏度◊ [V that] TTie report forecasts that prices will rise by 3% next month. 报告预测下月物价将上涨3%[also Vwh-] fore-cast-er /'fo:ka:sta(r); NAmE 'forrksestar/ noun a person who says what is expected to happen, especially sb whose job is to forecast the weather _ 者;无 指)天气蓣报员,气象预报员a weather/orecaster天 气预报员◊ an economic/orecaster经济预测%家 fore-castle (also fo^c^Me) /'fauksl; NAmE 'fouksl/ noun the front part of a ship below the deck, where the sailors live 艏楼

fore-close /fo:klauz; A/Awf fb:rklouz/ vert* 1 [VVN] (on sb/sth)          )(especially of a bank 尤舍银行j

to take control of sb’s property because they have not paid back money that tfiey borrowed to buy it (因抵押 人未如期还贷溆消赎回权2[VN] (formal) to reject sth as a possibility 排除…的可 H7T1 exclude fore-dos-ure /fo:'klau30(r); NAmE foir'klou-/ noun [0, C] {finance M) the act of foreclosing on money that has Seen borrowed; an example of this 抵押品赎 ® 权的取|fore-court /'fo:ko:t; NAmE 'fo:rko:rt/ noun (Br£) a large open space in front of a building, for example a petrol/gas station or hotel, often used for parking cars on大片空地(在建筑物如加油站或旅馆前面,常用 于停车j

fore-doomed /fo:'du:md; NAm£ forr'd-/ adj. ~ (to sth) {format) that will not be successful, as if fate has decided this from the beginning 法定、失败Any attempt to construct an ideal society is foredoomed to /aiZure.任何构建理想社会的努力都注定要失败。 fore-father /'foifaiSe^); NAmE 'foirf-/ noun [usually pi.] {formal or literary) a person (especially a man) in your family who lived a long time ago 祖先,祖宗尤指男

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forefend = forfend(I)

fore-fin-ger /'fDfir)ga{r); NAmE 'foirf-/ noun the finger next to the thumb 食请 index finger

ore-foot /'foifut; NAmE 'forrfut/ noun (pi -feet /-fi:t/) either of the two front feet of an animal that has four feet (四足动物的前足

fore-front /'forfrAiit; NAmE 'foirf-/ noun [sing.] IHTO1 at/in/to the 'forefront (of sth) in or into an important or leading position in a particular group or activity处于最前列;进入重要地位(或主要地位): Women have always been at the forefront of the Green movement.妇女总是在环境保护运动的最前列◊:The new product took the company to the forefront of the computer so_/bvare/ieW.该新产品使这家公司跻身计算机 软彳丰业的前列◊ T/ie court case was constantly in the forefront of my mind (= I thought about it all the time). 这诉讼案件一直萦系在我的心头。 fore-gather (also forgather) /,fo:'gae6a(r); NAmE .foir'g-/ verb [V] (formal) to meet together in a group ( —          )

聚会,集合 f ore-go = forgo

fore-going /'foigauirj; NAmE 'foirgouig/ adj. [only before noun] (format) 1 used to refer to sth that has just been mentioned 上述的;前述的the foregoing discussion 述讨论 2 the foregoing /?ou/7 [sing.+sing./pl. v.what has just been mentioned前面所提到的事物;以上所述Plin FOLLOWING

fore-gone /'foigvn; NAmE 'fo:rgo:n; -gain/ adj. a .foregone con'clusion if you say that sth is a foregone conclusion, you mean that it is a result that is certain to happen佘•中的必然结局 fore-ground /'foigraund; NAmE'foirg-l noun, verb m noun the foreground 1 [C, usually sing.] the part of a view, picture, etc. that is nearest to you when you look at it (景物、图画等的)前景:pie/iiguremt/K^/ore- ground is the artist’s mother.图画前i中的人是画家的 母亲。2 [sing.] an important position that is noticed by people 瞩目地位;重奏位置:Jn/lation cmd interest rates will be very much in the foreground of their election campaign.通货膨胀和利率将很可能是他们竞选的重点 问 M compare background IHTCT in the fore­ground [computing if) (of a computer program 程序being used at tlie present time and appearing in front of any other programs on the screen 在前台; 在前景中.compare in the background at back­ground

verMVN] to give particular importance to sth 强调; 突出The play foregrounds the relationship between /ather and daughter.这部戏剧凸显了父女之间药关系。 fore-hand /'foihaend; NAmE 'foirh-/ noun [usually sing.] (in tennis, etc.网球等a way of hitting a ball in which tiie inner part of the hand (the palm) faces the ball as it is hit 正%击球;正拍;正手She has a strong/orehcmd 她正手击球强劲有力。◊a/ore/icmdvoHey正手截击球◊ Jfe served to his opponent’s/orehand 他球发向对方的 正手方向。compare backhand fore-head /'foihed; 'forid; NAmE 'foirhed; 'foired; 'fair-/ noun the part of the face above the eyes and below the hair 额;前额 brow — picture o body foreign /'foran; NAmE 'foiren-, 'fairan/ adj.

1 in or from a country that is not your own 外国的a /oreign accent/Iangua^e/stucient 外国口音/ 语言/ 学生◊ a/oreign-ovwned company 夕卜资公司 o/oreign hoZidays 夕卜 国假日◊ Ybu couW teH she was /oreign by the way she dre^ed.从她的穿着就可以看出她是外国人2 [only before noun] dealing with or involving other countries ^ 外的;外女的foreign affairs/news/policy/trade 交事务;夕卜国新闻;对外政策/贸易◊/oreignaid外援a foreign correspondent (= one who reports on foreign countries in newspapers or on television) 驻夕卜记者 PTiI3 domestic, home 3 to sb/sth         not typical

of sb/sth; not known to sb/sth and therefore seeming strange _ 典型的;陌生的Dishonesty is foreign to his nature.ijg知非也的本性。4object/body {format) an object that has entered sth by accident and should not be there 异物;异体rears heZp to protect the eye /irom potenriaWy /larm/iuZ /oreign bodies, i艮泪有 助于保护眼睛去除可能有害的异物。 the .Foreign and Commonwealth Office noun [sing.+sing./pl. v.] (abbr. FGQ) the British government department that deals with relations with other