forecasts是什么意思？

forecasts

• n. 预测，预报( forecast的名词复数 )；
• v. 预言，预报( forecast的第三人称单数 )；

例句

• Sales forecasts are outside my province—you should discuss them with the sales manager. 销售预测不是我的领域——你应该同销售经理讨论这个问题。
• Longterm forecasts were largely a matter of guesswork. 远期预测在很大程度上是一种猜测。
• Economic trends are running counter to the forecasts. 经济发展的趋势与预测的结果截然相反。
• The forecasts have since had to be toned down, as the economy has exhibited unmistakable signs of slowing… 该预测不得不在此后放低调子，因为经济已明白无误地显示出放缓的迹象。
• I don't set store by weather forecasts. 我认为天气预报靠不住.
• Such extreme weather underscored the need to develop accurate long - range forecasts. 这种极端的天气情况强化了发展准确的 长期 天气预报的需要.
• Modern weather forecasts try to take the mystery out of the meteorology. 现代天气预报试图揭开气象学的神秘面纱.
• The Meteorologic Bureau forecasts a eclipse will be seen this night. 气象局表明今天晚上将会出现日食.
• But EFG - Hermes forecasts that Dubai's population will fall by 17 % this year. 但是据EFG-Hermes公司预测,迪拜的人口今年将下降17%.
• Weather experts will provide 14 the forcast 14 - day forecasts of atmospheric conditions. 天气专家可以提供14天的天气预报.

英语六级真题

Yet until recently the worst forecasts were almost exclusively linked to direct human activity, such as clear-cutting and burning for pastures or farms.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  预报;预测
  A forecast is a statement of what is expected to happen in the future, especially in relation to a particular event or situation.
  例句
  ...a forecast of a 2.25 per cent growth in the economy... 经济增长 2.25% 的预测 He delivered his election forecast... 他公布了自己对选举的预测。
• VERB
  预测;预言
  If you forecast future events, you say what you think is going to happen in the future.
  例句
  They forecast a humiliating defeat for the Prime Minister... 他们预言首相将遭遇惨败。 He forecasts that average salary increases will remain around 4 per cent. 他预测平均工资增幅将保持在 4%左右。