presentiment

英 [prɪˈzentɪmənt]

美 [prɪˈzentɪmənt]

n.  预感; (尤指)不祥之感

复数：presentiments　

GRE

BNC.41788 / COCA.36150

牛津词典

noun

• 预感；（尤指）不祥之感
  a feeling that sth is going to happen, especially sth unpleasant
  1. a presentiment of disaster
     大难临头的预感

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 预感；预知
  Apresentimentis a feeling that a particular event, for example someone's death, will soon take place.
  1. I had a presentiment that he represented a danger to me...
     我预感他会给我带来危险。
  2. He had a presentiment of disaster.
     他预感会有灾难降临。

英英释义

noun

• a feeling of evil to come
  1. a steadily escalating sense of foreboding
  2. the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case
  Synonym:forebodingpremonitionboding

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