foreseeable

英 [fɔːˈsiːəbl]

美 [fɔːrˈsiːəbl]

adj.  可预料的; 可预见的; 可预知的

考研IELTS法律

Collins.1 / BNC.9797 / COCA.11604

习惯用语

adj.

for/in the foreseeable future
• （在）可预见的将来
  for/in the period of time when you can predict what is going to happen, based on the present circumstances
• The statue will remain in the museum for the foreseeable future.
  短期内这座雕像将留在博物馆。
• It's unlikely that the hospital will be closed in the foreseeable future (= soon) .
  这所医院不大可能很快就关闭。

牛津词典

adj.

• 可预料的；可预见的；可预知的
  that you can predict will happen; that can be foreseen
  1. foreseeable risks/consequences
     可预料的危险 / 后果

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 可预知的;可预见的
  If a future event isforeseeable, you know that it will happen or that it can happen, because it is a natural or obvious consequence of something else that you know.
  1. It seems to me that this crime was foreseeable and this death preventable...
     在我看来这起罪行是可以预见的，死亡也是本可避免的。
  2. One of the principles of our legal system is that people are accountable for the foreseeable consequences of their actions.
     我们的法律体系的原则之一是人们要对他们可以预见的行为后果负责。
• PHRASE 长期地;长久地
  If you say that something will happenfor the foreseeable future, you think that it will continue to happen for a long time.
  1. Profit and dividend growth looks like being above average for the foreseeable future.
     利润和红利的增长看上去会在较长时间内维持在平均水平之上。
• PHRASE 在可预见的未来;不久;很快
  If you say that something will happenin the foreseeable futureyou mean that you think it will happen fairly soon.
  1. So, might they finally have free elections in the foreseeable future?
     那么，他们最终会在不久的将来举行自由选举吗？

英英释义

adj

• capable of being anticipated
  1. foreseeable costs were well within the budget

双语例句

• There is little hope that this will occur in the foreseeable future.
  在可预见的将来很少有希望会出现这种情况。
• The company can only blame itself for the entirely foreseeable mess that it is now in.
  那家公司只能怪自己，他们目前的困境完全是可以预见的。
• I cannot predict the future, but there is no foreseeable reason for it to fail.
  我不能预知未来，不过他们没有理由会失败。
• Profit and dividend growth looks like being above average for the foreseeable future.
  利润和红利的增长看上去会在较长时间内维持在平均水平之上。
• However, there is one important caveat: China has to maintain its capital controls in the foreseeable future.
  然而，一个重要的告诫是：在可预见的未来，中国必须保持资本控制。
• Productivity will probably remain low and unemployment high for the foreseeable future.
  在可预见的未来，生产率可能会在低位徘徊，同时失业率高企。
• This means that you can depend upon Eclipse as a viable, industrial strength tool for the foreseeable future.
  这意味着您可以依赖Eclipse作为可预见的未来中使用的可行的行业力量工具。
• Lenovo expects this pattern to continue for the foreseeable future.
  联想预计，在可预见的未来，这种模式仍将持续下去。
• The eurozone will remain a monetary union with nationally supervised and crisis-prone banks for the foreseeable future.
  在可以预见的未来，欧元区仍将是一个货币联盟，其中的银行仍将由国家监管，危机丛生。
• He will be staying with the company for the foreseeable future.
  在可预见到的将来他会留在公司里。