| 词汇 | forethought |
| 释义 | forethought noun[ U ] uk /ˈfɔː.θɔːt/ us /ˈfɔːr.θɑːt/ the good judgment to consider the near future in your present actions: 深谋远虑;预先计划 I'm glad I had the forethought to make a copy of the letter, as proof of what had been promised.我很庆幸自己有先见之明把那封信复印了一份，可以作为先前所作承诺的证明。 Planning, expecting and arranging accidentally accidentally on purposeidiom advertent advisedly aim at something bargain conscious have something in mindidiom have something up your sleeveidiom horizon scanning how are you fixed for something?idiom I'll/we'll cross that bridge when I/we come/get to itidiom pencil provident providently provision purpose purposefully purposely settle Examples of forethoughtforethought A parent, for example, may offer to donate a kidney to their child without hesitation or forethought. We and those of our class act 'rationally' in our fertility regulating behaviour, they act irrationally, irresponsibly, without forethought or knowledge. Lumbees acted, and perceived ourselves as acting, with forethought and agency in the midst of this cultural exchange. Likewise, children's attempts to regulate the destructive forms of interparental conflict in violent homes may necessitate intervention strategies that require substantially greater emotional investment and psychological forethought. Collective forethought and a broad-based consensus would go far in helping to tackle the unique moral and ethical dilemmas that will arise when a catastrophic event occurs. Jarrett's techniques of structuring are difficult to address, perhaps because of his insistence that the process of improvising requires an absence of forethought. In feeling and perceiving the same trends as the public and politicians, writers might simply have expressed without extensive forethought the arguments they found most convincing at that moment. So clear writing requires much more forethought. Slow, deliberate planning is evident, and, although the act itself may be vicious, the preparation indicates forethought. Alas, it was nothing so ambitious, nothing with such forethought and constructive imagination. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The answer may well be nothing to do with malice; it may simply be because of a lack of forethought and being open to persuasion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whether we consider bricks or whether we consider timber, the slightest forethought and imagination would have prevented the difficulties in which we are today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All that could be achieved with a little forethought and planning without undue hardship or dislocation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This order was secured casually and without any forethought or idea by our manufacturers that there was this potential. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They deliberately introduce without sufficient forethought, an act which will have a completely bad effect on the inflow into this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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