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在…的前部:the foreground of the picture
fore-arm1 /'foiraim; NAmE -a:rm/ noun the part of the arm between the eli)〇w and the wrist 前臂一picture o
BODY
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 fcnew介om 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 解)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
to爪orrovv.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 预 _ 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:r,klouz/ vert* 1 [V,VN] (on sb/sth) 财)(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|肖 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;
性)CCT7I ANCESTOR
forefend = forfend(I)
fore-fin-ger /'fD:fir)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 上 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。一 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.一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。一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.姜i作jg知非也的本性。4〜object/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