forebode

🇬🇧 UK/fɒ:'bәud/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To be a sign of something bad about to happen; to predict or have a premonition of misfortune.

预示(不祥之事),预感,预兆

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
forebodeother
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Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Dark omens seemed to forebode the kingdom's collapse and the fall of the dynasty.

  • 2.

    The economic indicators forebode a recession that economists predict will arrive within months.

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