n.预测;预报
v.预测
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。
forecast的基本含义是在某事发生之前告知其将要发生,即“预言,预测,预报”,是指对未来的预报、推测和设想,尤指天气预报,所强调的是预测的结果。
forecast多用作及物动词,接名词、代词或由that或疑问词引导的从句作宾语。