foresight
英 [ˈfɔː.saɪt]
美 [ˈfɔːr.saɪt]
将“foresight”分解为“fore”和“sight”。想象“fore”如 foresee(预见),在“sight”之前,即“在看到之前”,这有助于记忆“foresight”表示预见未来的能力。
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foresight 先见之明fore-,在前。sight,看,视野。
- 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."
- 1. He was later criticised for his lack of foresight.
- 他后来被指责缺少先见之明。
- 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。
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.