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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The outcome of the game is a foregone conclusion.
  这场比赛胜负已定。
• Subsidies under paragraph 1 shall include both budgetary outlays and revenue foregone by governments or their agents.
  第1款下的补贴应包括政府或其代理机构的预算支出和放弃的税收。
• That is not a foregone conclusion, however.
  不过，这并非必然结果。
• 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。
• This outcome is hardly a foregone conclusion.
  这样的结果并不是未卜先知。