forewarning
forewarning — 動詞
- forewarningpresent simple I / you / we / they
- forewarnings3rd person singular
- forewarninging-ing form
- forewarningedpast simple
1. to tell someone about a future problem or danger before it happens, so they can
預先警告
事前告知某人壞事將要發生
to tell someone about a future problem or danger before it happens, so they can prepare or avoid it
The weather service forewarned coastal residents of the approaching hurricane.
氣象局預先警告沿海居民，颶風即將來襲。
forewarn + object + of + noun phrase
Darius forewarned his colleagues that the funding would run out by Friday.
Darius 事先警告同事，資金會在週五前用罄。
forewarn + object + that-clause
No one had forewarned Chidi about the strict dress code at the office.
沒有人事先提醒 Chidi 公司有嚴格的服裝規定。
passive: be forewarned + about + noun phrase
The guide forewarned hikers to bring extra water for the desert trail.
導遊事先提醒健行者要多帶水，以備沙漠步道之需。
forewarn + object + to-infinitive
- forewarn about
- forewarn against
- forewarn of the danger
- forewarn in advance
- surprise
to cause someone to feel shock at something unexpected, the opposite of giving advance notice
文法句型
forewarn + object + of/about + noun phrase
forewarn + object + that-clause
forewarn + object + to-infinitive
用法筆記
Often used in the passive form ('be forewarned') or paired with the idiom 'forewarned is forearmed', meaning that knowing about a danger beforehand gives you time to prepare.
常見錯誤
an expression meaning that if you know about a problem or difficulty beforehand, you can prepare for it and deal with it more easily
預先警覺就是預先武裝（意思是提前知道問題就能先做好準備，從容應對）
The manager shared the audit schedule with the team, believing that forewarned is forearmed.
Leo read the travel advisories before his trip — forewarned is forearmed, after all.
forewarning — 名詞
1. a piece of information given in advance about a bad event or difficulty, allowin
預警；前兆
壞事發生前所得到的資訊或跡象
a piece of information given in advance about a bad event or difficulty, allowing time to get ready
The earthquake struck shortly after midnight without any forewarning.
地震在毫無預警的情況下於午夜過後襲來。
without forewarning (common prepositional phrase)
Tamar ignored several forewarning signs and continued driving toward the blizzard.
Tamar 無視了多個預警跡象，繼續朝暴風雪駛去。
The school received a forewarning of the inspection just two days beforehand.
學校在督導訪視前兩天才收到預警通知。
forewarning of + noun phrase
Despite clear forewarning from the auditors, the company failed to fix the error.
儘管審計人員已清楚預警，公司仍未能修正錯誤。
Rin's strange behaviour was a forewarning that something was wrong at home.
Rin 的怪異行為是家中出了問題的預兆。
forewarning + that-clause
- without forewarning
- advance forewarning
- forewarning sign
- adequate forewarning
- advance notice
more neutral and general; does not necessarily imply something bad
- early warning
emphasises the timeliness; commonly used in safety and military contexts
- surprise
an unexpected event without any advance notice
文法句型
without forewarning
forewarning of/about + noun phrase
用法筆記
Often used in negative constructions ('without any forewarning', 'with little forewarning') to emphasise the lack of advance notice. The verb 'forewarn' is far more common in everyday speech than the noun 'forewarning'.
常見錯誤
同根字
- forewarn動詞B2
- forewarned形容詞B2
- warn動詞B1
- warning名詞A2
- unforewarned形容詞C1
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- forewarning sign
- forewarning system
常用片語
- forewarned is forearmed
- advance forewarning
介系詞搭配
- forewarning of
- forewarning about
- without forewarning