foregone conclusion

英 [ˈfɔːɡɒn kənˈkluːʒn]

美 [ˈfɔːrɡɔːn kənˈkluːʒn]

预料之中必然发生的事情，不可避免的结局

英英释义

noun

• something that is certain
  1. his victory is a certainty
  Synonym:certaintysure thing
• an inevitable ending
  Synonym:matter of course

双语例句

• The outcome of the election is a foregone conclusion.
  选举结果已在预料之中。
• It's almost a foregone conclusion that you'll get what you want.
  你将得到你想要的，这几乎是确定无疑的。
• People do not doubt that macro economic growth will be robust, she says. Whether that growth can translate into healthy corporate profits is not a foregone conclusion.
  她说：人们并不怀疑宏观经济增长将会强劲，至于这种增长会不会转化成健康的企业利润，则不太好说。
• The result should be a foregone conclusion.
  这一结果本在预料之中。
• It was a foregone conclusion that I would end up in the same business as him
  早已注定我最终会和他干同一行。
• Usually these women are so pretty and have so much charm that marriage is a foregone conclusion.
  通常，天秤女都很漂亮、很有魅力，婚姻是很其正常的结果。
• The surrender of Japanese imperialism is now a foregone conclusion.
  日本帝国主义投降的大势已经定了。
• Confrontation might be a foregone conclusion, milord.
  看来对抗是不可避免了，大人。
• This outcome is hardly a foregone conclusion.
  这样的结果并不是未卜先知。
• That is not a foregone conclusion, however.
  不过，这并非必然结果。