| 词汇 | foregone conclusion |
| 释义 | foregone conclusionˌforegone conˈclusion noun be a foregone conclusion CERTAINLY/DEFINITELYif something is a foregone conclusion, its result is certain, even though it has not happened yet 是预料中的结果；成为定局 The election result was a foregone conclusion. 选举结果已成定局。 Examples from the Corpus be a foregone conclusion• But the outcome of the battle was a foregone conclusion.• Some commentators and businessmen have suggested that the successful privatization of the National Freight Corporation was a foregone conclusion.• For three more years, Masada continued to hold out, but its fall was a foregone conclusion.• They never had to plan their shared parenting; it was a foregone conclusion.• It is a foregone conclusion that the homosexual laws will not be reformed yet.• The result was a foregone conclusion.• But none of these is a foregone conclusion.• Do not be deterred from exercising your right of appeal by the belief that the outcome will be a foregone conclusion. Examples from the Corpus foregone conclusion• But none of these is a foregone conclusion.• But it is by no means a foregone conclusion.• But gaining that support was not a foregone conclusion.• But is it really a foregone conclusion that all of these young people will turn to crime?• But the outcome of the battle was a foregone conclusion. |
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