foregone是什么意思？

foregone

英[ˈfɔ:gɒn] 美[ˈfɔrgɔn]

• 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 )；

例句

• The opportunity cost is value of the best foregone alternative. 机会成本就是已经成为过去的最好的可能性.
• 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。
• The championship result was almost a foregone conclusion. 锦标赛的结果差不多在意料之中。
• It was a foregone conclusion that I would end up in the same business as him... 早已注定我最终会和他干同一行。
• 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。
• 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。

词组

• a foregone conclusion
  a result that can be predicted with certainty 预料之中的必然结局

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• Foregone is the past participle of forego .
• PHRASE
  注定的结论;预料之中的必然结果
  If you say that a particular result is a foregone conclusion, you mean you are certain that it will happen.
  例句
  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。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. well in the past; former;
  "bygone days""dreams of foregone times""sweet memories of gone summers""relics of a departed era"