• vt. 預報，預測；預示
• n. 預測，預報；預想
• vi. 進行預報，作預測

fore-,在前。cast, 投射。用于天氣預報。

forecast (v.)

late 14c., "to scheme," from fore- "before" + casten in the sense of "contrive, plan, prepare" (late 14c.; see cast (v.)). Meaning "predict events" first attested late 15c. (cast (v.) "to perceive, notice" is from late 14c.). Related: Forecasting.

Whether we are to say forecast or forecasted in the past tense & participle depends on whether we regard the verb or the noun as the original from which the other is formed; ... The verb is in fact recorded 150 years earlier than the noun, & we may therefore thankfully rid ourselves of the ugly forecasted; it may be hoped that we should do so even if history were against us, but this time it is kind. [Fowler, 1926]

forecast (n.)

early 15c., "forethought, prudence," probably from forecast (v.). Meaning "conjectured estimate of a future course" is from 1670s. A Middle English word for weather forecasting was aeromancy.

1. The weather forecast is for showers and overcast skies.

天氣預報上說多云并伴有陣雨。

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2. Our forecast for 1990 was on the right lines.

我們有關1990年的預測大體是正確的。

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3. Many traders forecast a continuation of the market's recent bearish trend.

很多交易商都預測最近市場的下跌趨勢還將延續。

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4. There was considerable scepticism about the Chancellor's forecast of a booming economy.

有相當多的人對財政大臣作出的經濟會迅猛發展的預測表示懷疑。

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5. The study also forecast an explosion in the diet soft-drink market.

該研究還預測低糖軟飲料市場將迅猛增長。

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