fore

英 [f??] 美[f?r]

反義詞

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fore 在前面的

來自PIE*per, 向前，穿過，詞源同for, forth. 與for在中古英語時期才產生詞義上的差別。

fore (adv., prep.): Old English fore (prep.) "before, in front of, in presence of; because of, for the sake of; earlier in time; instead of;" as an adverb, "before, previously, formerly, once," from Proto-Germanic *fura "before" (cognates: Old Saxon fora, Old Frisian fara, Old High German fora, German vor, Danish for, Old Norse fyrr, Gothic faiura "for"), from PIE *prae-, extended form of root *per- (1) "forward, through" (see per).

Now displaced by before. In nautical use, "toward the bows of the ship." Merged from 13c. with the abbreviated forms of afore and before and thus formerly often written 'fore. As a noun, "the front," from 1630s. The warning cry in golf is first recorded 1878, probably a contraction of before.
fore (adj.): mid-15c., "forward;" late 15c., "former, earlier;" early 16c., "situated at the front;" all senses apparently from fore- compounds, which frequently were written as two words in Middle English.

1. This factor will come increasingly to the fore as election day nears.: 隨著選舉日的臨近，這一因素將愈發重要。

2. Our yacht was well equipped with two double cabins fore and aft.: 我們的游艇設施完備，首尾有兩個雙人艙。

3. The fore end tube plate of the condenser has cracked beyond repair.: 冷凝器前端破裂得無法修理了.

5. He went fore to see whether the sail was properly in place.: 他走到船頭看帆是否掛好了.