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premonition

🇬🇧 UK/,premə'nɪʃ(ə)n/🇺🇸 US/.pri:mә'niʃәn/
GREC2

Definitions

n.

A strong feeling or intuition that something, usually unpleasant, is about to happen.

预感,凶兆

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
prebefore
+
monwarn, remind, advise
+
iconnector
+
tionact, process, state
=premonition

Common Collocations

  • 1.have a premonition有预感
  • 2.a sense of premonition预感之感
  • 3.dark premonition不祥预感
  • 4.premonition of danger对危险的预感

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    She had a premonition that something bad was going to happen.

  • 2.

    She had a strange premonition that something terrible was about to happen.

  • 3.

    His premonition of danger proved correct when the bridge collapsed.

  • 4.

    I can't explain it, but I had a premonition we would meet again.

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