foresee/forecast和predict/foretell的區別
①foresee常翻譯成預感.想像中的預感.人對事物的預測.
Many observers foresee that there a lot of changes in China.
許多觀察者預測.中國有大量的改變
②forecast對天氣的預測.
According to the forecast, it will rain tomorrow.根據天氣預報,明天會下雨.
注意:predict對自然並有科學依據的推測.
③predict預言
Many people predict that The government will reform soon.
許多人預言,政府不久會改革.
She predicted that the election result would be close.
她預言,選舉結果會很接近.
④foretell預知
The witch foretold that you would have good luck.
女巫預言,你會有一個好運.
其他方面foresee和forecast可以互換.
但是在天氣預報的時候forecast可以和predict互換.
predict可以和foretell作為預言互換.