foreshadowing是什么意思？

foreshadowing

英[fɔ:'ʃædəʊɪŋ] 美[fɔ'ʃædoʊɪŋ]

• v. 预示，是…的先兆( foreshadow的现在分词 )，伏笔；

例句

• This episode carries a foreshadowing of what is to follow later on in the story. 这件事为以后故事情节的发展埋下了伏笔.
• Finally, according to previous knowledge of foreshadowing, a settlement confidential data transmission methods. 最后根据前面知识的铺垫, 提出了一种解决传输保密数据的方法.
• Writers use foreshadowing to create interest and to build suspense. 作者使用伏笔去创造兴趣或设立悬念.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  预示;是…的预兆
  If something foreshadows an event or situation, it suggests that it will happen.
  例句
  The disappointing sales figures foreshadow more redundancies... 令人失望的销售额预示着会有更多人被裁员。 The change proposed last month was foreshadowed in the March Budget. 上个月提议的变动在 3 月份的预算中已经有所预兆了。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
• Adjective
  1. indistinctly prophetic