foregone
adj. 先前的,過去的,預知的
v. (在位置時間或程度方面)走在…之前,居先( forego的過去分詞 )
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...
多數投票者認為這個結果是意料之中的。
It's almost a foregone conclusion that you'll get what you want.
你將得到你想要的,這幾乎是確定無疑的。
1. well in the past; former;
a foregone conclusion
預料之中的必然結局
If the result seems a foregone conclusion, people switch off.
如果比賽似乎將要發展成賽前預料的結局, 很多觀眾將選擇關掉電視機.
As seen from a distance , the issue of such a conflict seems almost a foregone conclusion.
客觀看來, 這場衝突的結果似乎早已預見.
Defeat is a foregone conclusion.
戰敗[失敗]是早已看出的結果[已成定局].
Butthe broadcaster, SABC , decided to make only nine programmes, because the winner was a foregone conclusion.
但是,SABC廣播, 決定把只選9個, 因為冠軍是定局.
Othello. But denoted a foregone conclusion :'Tis a shrewd doubt, though it be but a dream.
奧 瑟 羅但是過去發生過什麼事就可想而知; 雖然只是一個夢,怎麼能不叫人起疑呢.