| 词汇 | forewarn |
| 释义 | forewarn verb[ T ] uk /fɔːˈwɔːn/ us /fɔːrˈwɔːrn/ to tell someone that something unpleasant is going to happen: 预先警告，事先告诫 [ + (that) ]The employees had been forewarned (that) the end-of-year financial results would be poor.雇员们已得到预先警告，年底的财政状况会很糟。 Threats & warnings advance warning alarm alarm bell bell-ringing beware the ides of Marchidiom bomb scare bow brushback pitch burglar alarm cautionary don't you dareidiom early warning system hear warning bellsidiom minatory one swallow doesn't make a summeridiom protection racket red alert red flag scare quotes yellow card Idiomforewarned is forearmed Examples of forewarnforewarn Impact of forewarning on adjustment to widowhood and divorce. They had better be forewarned about the cost of this clause. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Local people should be forewarned that the local authority intended to produce any legislation which would require people to clear up after their dogs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Otherwise, the bank would have little option but to close the account, thus forewarning the client that he was under suspicion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The authorities were forewarned by telephone, but they ignored the warning and did nothing afterwards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one was consulted and no sports governing body was forewarned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first requirement in effective prevention is to be forewarned of possible violence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In that way, forewarned, we would to some extent be forearmed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The number of actual complaints is not large, because intending purchasers are forewarned of the low quality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am grateful to him for forewarning me that he proposed to raise that point. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many people did, however, view the proceedings of this organisation with very great concern and apprehension, and in that sense, of course, we were forewarned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have been greatly assisted by his courtesy and forethought in forewarning me in some form or another of all of them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The tragedy is that normally forewarned is forearmed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They had not been forewarned that the freeholders had neglected repairs for many years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Potential defendants would be forewarned, long in advance of any trial, of the case likely to be made against them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of forewarn 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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