forecast

英 ['f??kɑ?st] 美['f?rk?st]

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復(fù)數(shù):?forecasts;第三人稱單數(shù):?forecasts;過去式:?forecasted;過去分詞:?forecasted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?forecasting;

forecast 預(yù)測

fore-,在前。cast, 投射。用于天氣預(yù)報。

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. The weather forecast is for showers and overcast skies.: 天氣預(yù)報上說多云并伴有陣雨。

2. Our forecast for 1990 was on the right lines.: 我們有關(guān)1990年的預(yù)測大體是正確的。

3. Many traders forecast a continuation of the market's recent bearish trend.: 很多交易商都預(yù)測最近市場的下跌趨勢還將延續(xù)。

4. There was considerable scepticism about the Chancellor's forecast of a booming economy.: 有相當多的人對財政大臣作出的經(jīng)濟會迅猛發(fā)展的預(yù)測表示懷疑。

5. The study also forecast an explosion in the diet soft-drink market.: 該研究還預(yù)測低糖軟飲料市場將迅猛增長。