foreshadow UK [fɔ:'ʃæd.əʊ] US [fɔ:r'ʃæd.oʊ] formal verb transitive ■to act as a warning or sign of a future event 是…的预兆;预示•The recent outbreak of violence was foreshadowed by isolated incidents in the city earlier this year.今年早些时候城里发生的几宗孤立事件是近来爆发的暴力事件的预兆。 |