If a future event is foreseeable, 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.
例句
It seems to me that this crime was foreseeable and this death preventable...在我看來這起罪行是可以預見的,死亡也是本可避免的。One of the principles of our legal system is that people are accountable for the foreseeable consequences of their actions.我們的法律體系的原則之一是人們要對他們可以預見的行為后果負責。
PHRASE
長期地;長久地
If you say that something will happen for the foreseeable future, you think that it will continue to happen for a long time.
例句
Profit and dividend growth looks like being above average for the foreseeable future.利潤和紅利的增長看上去會在較長時間內維持在平均水平之上。
PHRASE
在可預見的未來;不久;很快
If you say that something will happen in the foreseeable future you mean that you think it will happen fairly soon.
例句
So, might they finally have free elections in the foreseeable future?那么,他們最終會在不久的將來舉行自由選舉嗎?
英漢詞典釋義
adj.
可預見到的
Things will continue as they are for the foreseeable future.在可以預見的將來,一切都將一如既往。
在可以預見的未來
The statue will remain in the museum for the foreseeable future.未來一段時間這座雕像會繼續留在博物館里。It’s unlikely that the hospital will be closed in the foreseeable future.這家醫院不可能在短期關閉。