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

• A severe debt write-off by Greece and Portugal is a foregone conclusion; and in my view both countries would be better off without the euro.
  希腊和葡萄牙大笔勾销债务是预料中的必然结局；在我看来，如果退出欧元区，两国的境况将会更好。
• The outcome is a foregone conclusion.
  大局已定。
• In 2007 one would think that electrical power on this island would be a foregone conclusion.
  在2007年，这座岛屿的电力普及几乎已是定论。
• Born in the land that moment, everyone had the final outcome is a foregone conclusion.
  在呱呱落地那刻，每个人最后的结局都已成定局。
• 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。
• Cost in terms of foregone alternatives.
  放弃其他选择的费用。
• 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。
• It soon became clear that a victory for Sampras was not a foregone conclusion.
  桑普拉斯并不一定会获胜，这很快就变得明朗了。
• 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 measurements of the costs of health impairing pollution depends on the foregone earnings from increased morbidity and mortality.
  妨害健康之污染其成本的计量取决于因发病率和死亡率增高而损失的工资收入。