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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Foretell \Fore*tell"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foretold}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Foretelling}.]
   To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to
   foreshow.

         Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold. --Pope.

         Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster
         of his character.                        --C.
                                                  Middleton.

   Syn: To predict; prophesy; prognosticate; augur.

Foretell \Fore*tell"\, v. i.
   To utter predictions. --Acts iii. 24.

资料来源 : WordNet®

foretell
     v 1: foreshadow or presage [syn: {announce}, {annunciate}, {harbinger},
           {herald}]
     2: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome
        of an election" [syn: {predict}, {prognosticate}, {call},
        {forebode}, {anticipate}, {promise}]
     3: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: {bode},
         {portend}, {auspicate}, {prognosticate}, {omen}, {presage},
         {betoken}, {foreshadow}, {augur}, {prefigure}, {forecast},
         {predict}]
     [also: {foretold}]