foretaste

US [ˈfɔrˌteɪst]
UK [ˈfɔː(r)ˌteɪst]
  • n.预示；预先的体验；征象
  • v.先尝
  • Web预尝；试吃；预尝到的滋味
Plural Form：foretastes  Present Participle：foretasting  Past Participle：foretasted  

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foretaste
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a ~ (of sth)
预先的体验；预示；征象a small amount of a particular experience or situation that shows you what it will be like when the same thing happens on a larger scale in the future
They were unaware that the street violence was just a foretaste of what was to come.
他们没有意识到，这起街头暴力预示着未来大规模的暴力行为。

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1.
To be left alone without God, would be too awful for words, but to be left alone with Him is a foretaste of Heaven!
总之，剩下一人而没有神同在，是太凄凉的事；剩下一人而有主同在的话，是预尝天上的光景！
zǒng zhī , shèng xià yī rén ér méi yǒu shén tóng zài , shì tài qī liáng de shì ; shèng xià yī rén ér yǒu zhǔ tóng zài de huà , shì yù cháng tiān shàng de guāng jǐng !
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2.
Power was restored within a few hours, but the blackout was a worrying foretaste of what may be to come.
虽然供电在几小时之内就恢复了，但该次停电使人们担心可能会发生的事情。
suī rán gōng diàn zài jǐ xiǎo shí zhī nèi jiù huī fù le , dàn gāi cì tíng diàn shǐ rén men dān xīn kě néng huì fā shēng de shì qíng 。
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3.
Her caustic remark gave him a foretaste of her anger.
她的刻薄话使他预感到她的愤怒。
tā de kè bó huà shǐ tā yù gǎn dào tā de fèn nù 。
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4.
The note to be sounded was brevity , mystery , and a foretaste of impending doom for Germany .
措辞应当简短、神秘，而且要预示德国即将灭亡。
cuò cí yīng dāng jiǎn duǎn 、 shén mì , ér qiě yào yù shì dé guó jí jiāng miè wáng 。
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5.
He had a foretaste of the great experiences yet to come and realized that the words of the Vedanta were true.
他预见了一个仍然还未来到的伟大体验，意识到吠檀多的每一句话都是真实。
tā yù jiàn le yī gè réng rán hái wèi lái dào de wěi dà tǐ yàn , yì shí dào fèi tán duō de měi yí jù huà dōu shì zhēn shí 。
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omg, I hope our eight minutes during the closing ceremony is not a foretaste of the tackiness to come in four years time.
饿滴神，我希望闭幕式这8分钟不是预示著四年之后我们要展示出来的东西。
è dī shén , wǒ xī wàng bì mù shì zhè bā fēn zhōng bú shì yù shì zhù sì nián zhī hòu wǒ men yào zhǎn shì chū lái de dōng xi 。
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A foretaste of the ethnic cleansing that was to become the grim hallmark of the war.
这预示了随后发生的种族清洗，并成为了波黑战争肃穆的标志。
zhè yù shì le suí hòu fā shēng de zhǒng zú qīng xǐ , bìng chéng wèi le bō hēi zhàn zhēng sù mù de biāo zhì 。
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8.
will remain major crime, but a foretaste of the seriousness of incivility is suggested by what has been happening in Houston.
社会首先关注的当然还是重大的罪行，但是下述休斯顿市的情况预示：如果不讲文明，将会产生何种严重的后果。
shè huì shǒu xiān guān zhù de dāng rán hái shì zhòng dà de zuì xíng , dàn shì xià shù xiū sī dùn shì de qíng kuàng yù shì : rú guǒ bù jiǎng wén míng , jiāng huì chǎn shēng hé zhǒng yán zhòng de hòu guǒ 。
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9.
Perhaps she was having a foretaste of her unhappy future because of unwholesome kamma.
可能她正在预尝一点由恶业决定的不幸的来生的苦味。
kě néng tā zhèng zài yù cháng yì diǎn yóu è yè jué dìng de bú xìng de lái shēng de kǔ wèi 。
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10.
The floods in Pakistan are just a foretaste.
巴基斯坦的洪水只是一个预警。
bā jī sī tǎn de hóng shuǐ zhǐ shì yī gè yù jǐng 。
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