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forewarn

vt.预先警告

难易程度:

forewarn为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

动词过去式:forewarned 过去分词:forewarned 现在分词:forewarning 第三人称单数:forewarns

词根

fore-=before 变化型 for-

近义词, 同义词

forewarn


/fɔ:'wɔ:n; fɔr`wɔrn/ v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Dn.f] ~ sb (of sth) warn sb before sth happens; advise sb (of possible dangers, problems, etc) 预先警告某人; 告诉某人(可能出现危险、问题等)
*We had been forewarned of the risk of fire/that fire could break out. 已经事先警告过我们有发生火灾的危险.
2 (idm 习语) fore,warned is fore`armed (saying 谚) knowledge of possible dangers, problems, etc allows one to prepare for them 有备无患.

forewarn


v [T often passive]
to warn someone about something dangerous, unpleasant, or unexpected before it happens
forewarn sb of/about sth
 We'd been forewarned of the dangers of travelling at night.
forewarned is forearmed
used to say that it is better to know about something before it happens, so that you can be prepared for it
>forewarningn [U and C]