premonition

.pri:mә'niʃәn

GRE Collins 1

n a feeling of evil to come
n an early warning about a future event

n. 预告, 预感, 征兆
[医] 先兆, 预兆

Collins 星级

20,812

BNC 频率

17,716

使用频率

premonition 可以分解为前缀 pre-（意为“在之前”）和词根 monit（来自拉丁语 monere，意为“警告”）。整体意思是“对即将发生的事情的警告”。

例句

1. She had a premonition that something bad was going to happen.

她有一种预感，感觉会发生不好的事情。

2. His premonition about the storm made him stay indoors.

他对暴风雨的预感让他待在室内。

3. After her premonition, she decided to take a different route home.

在她的预感之后，她决定换一条路回家。