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

• 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。
• Usually these women are so pretty and have so much charm that marriage is a foregone conclusion.
  通常，天秤女都很漂亮、很有魅力，婚姻是很其正常的结果。
• That is not a foregone conclusion, however.
  不过，这并非必然结果。
• Cost in terms of foregone alternatives.
  放弃其他选择的费用。
• The outcome is a foregone conclusion.
  大局已定。
• 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。
• 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。
• The outcome of this football game is a foregone conclusion.
  这场足球赛，谁胜谁负已成定局。
• The championship result was almost a foregone conclusion.
  锦标赛的结果差不多在意料之中。
• 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。