forecast

vt. 预报，预测；预示

n. 预测，预报；预想

vi. 进行预报，作预测

vt.

预报，预测；预示；

vi.

预报，预测；

n.

预报；预言；

变形

复数：forecasts过去式：forecasted过去分词：forecasted现在分词：forecasting第三人称单数：forecasts

双语释义

vt. 预测; 预报 say in advance what is likely to happen

英英释义

forecast[ 'fɔ:kɑ:st ]

n.a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop

同义词：prognosis

v.

predict in advance

同义词：calculate

judge to be probable

同义词：calculateestimatereckoncount onfigure

indicate by signs

同义词：bodeportendauspicateprognosticateomenpresagebetokenforeshadowaugurforetellprefigurepredict

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

forecast a big increase in sales预测销量会大增

forecast the election result预测选举结果

forecast the future预测未来

forecast rain预测有雨

forecast situation预测形势

forecast snow预测下雪

forecast storm预报暴风雨

forecast an upturn预测上升趋势

forecast the weather预报天气

～+副词

forecast confidently自信地预测

forecast dimly模糊地预测

forecast morbidly悲观地预测

forecast mysteriously神秘地预测

forecast supernaturally不可思议地预测

forecast vividly生动地预测

词组短语

weather forecast天气预测，天气预报

demand forecast需求预测

sales forecast销售预测

forecast period预测期，预报期；预测阶段

financial forecast财务预测

hydrological forecast水文预报；水文预告

requirement forecast要求预测

同近义词辨析

这组词都有“预言，预示，预告”的意思，其区别是：

foretell一般的通俗用语，往往指根据客观因素做出的预告，强调预先要发生的事。

forecast指对未来事件的预报、推测或设想，侧重最终可能出现的结果。

predict较正常的正式用词，通常用于人。指根据事实或自然规律进行推断后作出预告，隐含有科学的准确性。

foresee指提前、预先料到将要发生的事或指对未发生的事情形成一种概念或判断。

prophecy根据个人感觉而作的预言

forecast预测，预报

prediction一般意义的预言，预告

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

Share prices plunged as a result of the gloomy economic forecast.
关于经济前景暗淡的预测导致股票价格大跌。

The Treasury's forecast assumes that inflation will remain below 3%.
财政部的预测称,通货膨胀率将保持在3%25以下。

The weather forecast says it will be sunny tomorrow.
天气预报说明天是晴天。

Despite the good weather forecast, the next morning was as wet as ever.
尽管预报称天气很好，但次日上午仍阴雨绵绵。

用作动词(v.)

They tried to forecast the result of the football match.
他们试图预测这场足球比赛的结果。

Next year's growth rate is forecast at just 1%.
据预测,第二年的增长率仅仅只有1%25。

权威例句

forecast (v.)

late 14c., "to scheme," from fore- "before" + casten in the sense of "contrive, plan, prepare" (late 14c.; see cast (v.)). Meaning "predict events" first attested late 15c. (cast (v.) "to perceive, notice" is from late 14c.). Related: Forecasting.

Whether we are to say forecast or forecasted in the past tense & participle depends on whether we regard the verb or the noun as the original from which the other is formed; ... The verb is in fact recorded 150 years earlier than the noun, & we may therefore thankfully rid ourselves of the ugly forecasted; it may be hoped that we should do so even if history were against us, but this time it is kind. [Fowler, 1926]

forecast (n.)

early 15c., "forethought, prudence," probably from forecast (v.). Meaning "conjectured estimate of a future course" is from 1670s. A Middle English word for weather forecasting was aeromancy.

1. Such events may forecast an outbreak of war.

这些事件可能预示着战争的爆发。

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2. Sometimes the weather forecast is accurate, sometimes not.

天气预报有的时候准，有的时候不准。

3. The teacher forecast that 15 of his pupils would pass the examination.

这位教师预测他的学生将有15名通过考试。

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4. The weather forecast calls for snow flurries tonight.

天气预报预示今夜有小雪。

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5. According to the weather forecast, there will be a gale tomorrow.

据气象台预报，明天有大风。

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6. According to the weather forecast, frost is expected tomorrow morning.

据气象预报，明晨将有霜冻。

7. How do we forecast?

我们怎样才能预测？

8. Another element of the future forecast by these designers is urban farming.

这些设计师对未来预测的另一项重要元素是都市农业。

9. One thing we cannot do very well is forecast the economy.

我们的不能做得太好的一件事就是对经济的预测。

10. People like him have forecast similar cataclysms before, he says, and been right.

也曾有人与他一样预测过类似的大灾难，他说道，并且成功了。

11. If you know the precise direction and velocity at which a shot put leaves an Olympic athlete’s hand, you can use a linear equation to accurately forecast how far it will fly.

如果你知道了铅球的精确方向以及它在离开奥运会运动员的手时速度的大小，那么你就可以用一个线性方程去精确地预测它能飞多远。

12. That’s what the TV weather forecast says.

电视上的天气预报是这样说的。

13. The report should also discuss the assumptions used to make the forecast so that the reader can evaluate their reasonableness.

研究报告还应该讨论一下用于做预测的各种假设，这样读者才可以评估其合理性。

14. In October, the ministry forecast factory growth of 11 percent for this year and 2012 -- a long-standing outlook.

十月份的时候，工业部预测今年及2012年的工业增长率达11%——这是长期的展望。

15. She said the consensus forecast that unemployment would continue to rise for the rest of this year and peak early next year was probably accurate.

她表示，有关失业率在今年剩余时间还将持续上涨，并将于明年初达到最高水平的普遍预测，很可能是准确的。

16. The IMF does not actually spell out its forecast for the yuan but this can be calculated by dividing GDP in yuan terms by dollar GDP.

IMF实际上并未详细说明其对人民币汇率的预测，但这可以通过用人民币计算的GDP除以以美元计算的GDP得到。

17. We need to be able to forecast events weeks or months ahead of their occurrence so people can mitigate their worst impacts.

我们必需能在事件发生几个星期或几个月以前预报这些事件，以便人们能够减轻最恶劣的影响。

18. But of these four big economies, America is still forecast to have the fastest growth rate in 2011.

但是这四大经济体中，美国仍然是2011年预测增长率最快的经济体。

19. Deploy and test the weather forecast application.

部署和测试天气预测应用程序。

20. Deploy and test the weather forecast application.

部署和测试天气预测应用程序。

21. Marx and Engels scientifically forecast the collapse of capitalism.

马克思和恩格斯科学地预言了资本主义的灭亡。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

22. Despite the good weather forecast, the next morning was as wet as ever.

尽管预报称天气很好, 但次日上午仍阴雨绵绵.

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23. Weather forecast explanation tomorrow is fairly warmer.

天气预报说明明天比较暖和。

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24. An adverse economic forecast will stimulate action intended to falsify it.

不利的经济预报将会刺激人们作出使预报失灵的行动。

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25. The sales forecast had to be done before the pricing and scheduling.

销售预测必须在价格估计和生产安排之前进行。

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26. The recent statement of the president forecast a change in the situation.

总统最近的一次讲话预示着形势将有所变化。

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27. There are, of course, also objectives of the short-term forecast.

当然这些也是短期预测的目的。

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28. Are you at all worried about the forecast?

对这项预报你不担点儿心吗?

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

29. Statistical analysis is a means of arriving at a fairly reliable forecast.

统计分析是一种相当可靠的预测方法。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

30. These market-modeling techniques are able to accurately forecast marketplace acceptance of products and services. They are an invaluable tool in assessing the viability of a product. They can also be powerful tools for convincing executives to build a product.

这些市场建模技术能够准确预测产品和服务的市场可接受度，是评估产品生命力的宝贵工具，也是说服管理人员开发某个产品的有力手段。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓