futures
[fjˈutʃɚz] /ˈfyü-chər How to pronounce future (audio)/ (ame, mw)
futures — 名詞
1. the lives, conditions, or events that may come later for particular people, plac
未來
某人或某事之後的可能情況
the lives, conditions, or events that may come later for particular people, places, or things.
Teachers worried about the futures of students after the factory closed.
老師擔心工廠關閉後那些學生的未來。
the futures of + group of people
The storm changed the futures of several fishing towns along the coast.
那場暴風雨改變了沿海幾個漁鎮的未來。
Museum planners debated two futures for the old railway station.
博物館規劃人員討論那座舊火車站的兩種未來。
New water rules could create safer futures for farms in the valley.
新的用水規定可能為山谷裡的農場帶來更安全的未來。
用法筆記
Often used about the later lives or possible situations of people, places, or projects. Distinguish from sense 2, which focuses specifically on chances of success.
2. the chances that a person, group, or plan has to do well or keep developing.
前景
成功或發展的可能性
the chances that a person, group, or plan has to do well or keep developing.
Strong exam results opened better futures for the whole class.
好成績為全班打開了更好的前景。
better futures = improved chances of success
Without new orders, the small studio saw few futures for growth.
沒有新訂單，那間小工作室幾乎看不到成長前景。
Scholarships gave rural athletes brighter futures beyond their hometowns.
獎學金讓鄉下的運動員在家鄉之外也有更光明的前景。
The adviser said both interns had strong futures in engineering.
那位顧問說兩名實習生在工程領域都很有前景。
用法筆記
Usually appears when talking about whether someone or something is likely to do well. Distinguish from sense 1, which is broader and can describe any later outcome.
3. contracts that fix today's price for goods or investments that will be delivered
期貨
約定日後交割的交易契約
contracts that fix today's price for goods or investments that will be delivered or settled later.
Beatriz bought wheat futures after reading the dry weather report.
Beatriz 看了乾燥天氣的報告後買進了小麥期貨。
collocation: wheat futures
The bank reduced its risk by selling oil futures in June.
那家銀行在六月賣出石油期貨，來降低自身風險。
Morning news said copper futures rose before trading opened in London.
早間新聞說，倫敦開盤前銅期貨已經上漲。
Our class learned how coffee futures help farmers plan income.
我們班學到咖啡期貨如何幫助農民規劃收入。
- futures contracts
more explicit and slightly more formal
- commodity contracts
narrower because it focuses on goods rather than all futures products
用法筆記
Usually used in finance and most often names the product being traded, such as oil futures or wheat futures. The word is normally plural in this sense.
常見錯誤
4. verb forms used to talk about actions or states that will happen later.
未來式
表示將來的動詞形式
verb forms used to talk about actions or states that will happen later.
In Arabic, different futures can express promise, plan, or prediction.
在阿拉伯語裡，不同的未來式可以表達承諾、計畫或預測。
grammar: different future forms
The worksheet compares English futures with Spanish future forms.
那張講義把英語的未來式和西班牙語的未來形式放在一起比較。
Jin mixed the two futures when translating the dialogue.
Jin 在翻譯那段對話時，把兩種未來式混用了。
The grammar book explains which futures sound formal in news reports.
那本文法書說明哪些未來式在新聞報導裡聽起來較正式。
- future forms
the clearest classroom term
- future tenses
works when the language treats these patterns as tense categories
- past forms
verb forms used for earlier time
用法筆記
Mostly used in grammar discussions when a language has more than one way to talk about later time. It often appears in comparisons between languages or between different verb patterns.