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

• 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。
• My dream would be foregone, and I might never learn to enjoy the world as a single individual.
  我的梦想就会像先前那样破灭，而我也永远不会作为一个独立的人去享受人生。
• The championship result was almost a foregone conclusion.
  锦标赛的结果差不多在意料之中。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The outcome is a foregone conclusion.
  大局已定。
• I am not convinced that this is a foregone conclusion, but even if it were, there is a trade-off between short-term pain and long-term gain.
  我不相信这是必然之事，但即便真的发生，在短期痛苦和长期收益之间也会有一个权衡。
• 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。
• That is not a foregone conclusion, however.
  不过，这并非必然结果。