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。
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。