foregone
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 )
Foregone is the past participle of forego .
If you say that a particular result is a foregone conclusion, you mean you are certain that it will happen.
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'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。
1. well in the past; former;
a foregone conclusion
预料之中的必然结局
If the result seems a foregone conclusion, people switch off.
如果比赛似乎将要发展成赛前预料的结局, 很多观众将选择关掉电视机.
As seen from a distance , the issue of such a conflict seems almost a foregone conclusion.
客观看来, 这场冲突的结果似乎早已预见.
Defeat is a foregone conclusion.
战败[失败]是早已看出的结果[已成定局].
Butthe broadcaster, SABC , decided to make only nine programmes, because the winner was a foregone conclusion.
但是,SABC广播, 决定把只选9个, 因为冠军是定局.
Othello. But denoted a foregone conclusion :'Tis a shrewd doubt, though it be but a dream.
奥 瑟 罗但是过去发生过什麽事就可想而知; 虽然只是一个梦,怎麽能不叫人起疑呢.