foregone

英 [ˈfɔːɡɒn]

美 [ˈfɔːrɡɔːn]

adj.  先前的，过去的，预知的
v.  （在位置时间或程度方面）走在…之前，居先( forego的过去分词 )

过去分词：foregone　

BNC.19944 / COCA.21504

习惯用语

adj.

a foregone conclusion
• 预料中的必然结局
  if you say that sth is a foregone conclusion , you mean that it is a result that is certain to happen

柯林斯词典

• 
  Foregoneis the past participle offorego.
• PHRASE 注定的结论;预料之中的必然结果
  If you say that a particular result isa foregone conclusion, you mean you are certain that it will happen.
  1. Most voters believe the result is a foregone conclusion...
     多数投票者认为这个结果是意料之中的。
  2. It's almost a foregone conclusion that you'll get what you want.
     你将得到你想要的，这几乎是确定无疑的。

英英释义

adj

• well in the past
  1. bygone days
  2. dreams of foregone times
  3. sweet memories of gone summers
  4. relics of a departed era
  Synonym:bygonebypastdepartedgone

双语例句

• The result should be a foregone conclusion.
  这一结果本在预料之中。
• The surrender of Japanese imperialism is now a foregone conclusion.
  日本帝国主义投降的大势已经定了。
• Every decision means loss as well as gain& possibilities foregone as well as possibilities embraced.
  每个决定都会有得有失&你放弃一些机会的同时也抓住了另外一些。
• The results of the general election next week now seem like a foregone conclusion.
  下周大选的结果似乎现在就已成定局了。
• The outcome of both votes was assumed to be a foregone conclusion.
  两次投票的结果被认为是早成定局的事。
• Sovereign credit ratings are per se irrelevant: they reveal no new information and should largely be foregone conclusions.
  就其本身而言，主权信用评级没有太大关系：它没有披露什么新信息，而且基本上应当在人们的意料之中。
• This is not just about meals foregone today or about increasing social unrest.
  这不仅是关于今天吃不上的饭或更多的社会动乱的问题。
• The championship result was almost a foregone conclusion.
  锦标赛的结果差不多在意料之中。
• It was a foregone conclusion that I would end up in the same business as him
  早已注定我最终会和他干同一行。
• A machine cannot and is unable to help the human reader& an important opportunity foregone.
  但机器则不能且无法帮助人类读者&逝去的一个重要机遇。