presentiment
presentiment — 名詞
- presentimentsingular
- presentimentsplural
1. a sense that something bad will happen soon, which comes to you without clear pr
不祥預感
對壞事即將發生的直覺
a sense that something bad will happen soon, which comes to you without clear proof or a logical reason
Ishaan had a presentiment that the flight would be late, so he packed an extra book.
Ishaan 有種不祥預感，覺得航班會誤點，所以多帶了一本書。
have a presentiment + that-clause
A strange presentiment of danger made Nadia check all the locks on the doors before bed.
一種奇怪的危險預感讓 Nadia 睡前檢查了所有門鎖。
a presentiment of [something]
Mathieu woke with a heavy presentiment that the news on the radio would be bad.
Mathieu 醒來時懷著沉重的不祥預感，覺得收音機裡的新聞不會是好消息。
The gardener felt a presentiment that the frost would come earlier that year.
園丁有種預感，覺得那年霜季會提早到來。
Kenji could not explain his presentiment, but he knew the meeting would not go well.
Kenji 說不清自己的不祥預感，但他知道會議不會順利。
- premonition
stronger supernatural or dream-like warning; presentiment is vaguer
- foreboding
darker and more anxious in tone
- hunch
informal; can be about good or bad outcomes
文法句型
have a presentiment (that)…
a presentiment of [something bad]
用法筆記
Frequently used with 'have' or 'feel' and often followed by a that-clause stating the feared event. Unlike 'premonition', a presentiment does not necessarily involve a supernatural vision — it is more like a strong gut feeling.