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词汇 premonition
释义 premonition
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌprem.əˈnɪʃ.ən//ˌpriː.məˈnɪʃ.ən/ us /ˌprem.əˈnɪʃ.ən//ˌpriː.məˈnɪʃ.ən/
a feeling that something, especially something unpleasant, is going to happen: (尤指不祥的)预兆,预感
[ + that ]He had a premonition that his plane would crash, so he took the train.他预感到他要坐的飞机会坠毁,于是就坐了火车。
She had a sudden premonition of what the future might bring.她对将来会发生什么突然有一种不祥的预感。
Synonyms
feeling(EMOTION)
forebodingliterary
presentimentformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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prescience
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there's no knowing/telling/sayingidiom
unforeseeable
unintuitively
unreasoning

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premonition | American Dictionary


premonition
noun[ C ]
us/ˌprem·əˈnɪʃ·ən, ˌpri·mə-/
a feeling that something, esp. something unpleasant, is going to happen:
a premonition of danger

Examples of premonition


premonition
For the sake of deeper interpretations sought and found in geometry at an earlier phase of cultural development, we would like to assume that such premonitions were already current.
Beneath is a scene of panic and premonition.
Let the slightest pressure be put upon our ancient fabric, and it creaks with premonitions of imminent collapse.
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I remember some eloquent speeches on this theme, but nothing whatever has occurred to justify those premonitions.
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That is a sort of cold premonition of what is likely to follow for the rest of the ring.
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I am sorry to have confirmed your premonition.
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Some of us have a premonition of illness, but we would not wish regularly to apply for leave of absence for illness in advance.
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I may have a premonition as to how the debate will unfold.
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Why did he have a premonition of disaster?
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Your apprehension or your premonition was slightly without material evidence to back it.
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I have a horrible premonition that our debate this afternoon will be haunted by different varieties of dog, and it is already being borne out.
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Animals do not have the same perceptions, sense of reasoning and, perhaps, the premonition of pain or death as humans; there is no evidence whatever that that is the case.
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My premonition was perfectly correct.
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It was a premonition which came true.
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Therefore, there are many reasons—and these are purely my own premonitions—for believing that we may have such an offer presented to us in the next few weeks.
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