premonition
noun /ˌpreməˈnɪʃn/, /ˌpriːməˈnɪʃn/
/ˌpreməˈnɪʃn/, /ˌpriːməˈnɪʃn/
- a feeling that something is going to happen, especially something unpleasant
(尤指不祥的)预感 - premonition (of something) a premonition of disaster
大祸临头的预感 - premonition (that…) He had a premonition that he would never see her again.
他有一种再也见不到她的预感。 - Perhaps he had a premonition about what might happen in London.
也许他预感到了将会在伦敦发生的事情。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- eerie
- spooky
- feel
- get
- have
- …
- premonition about
- premonition of
词源mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘advance warning’): from French prémonition, from late Latin praemonitio(n-), from Latin praemonere, from prae ‘before’ + monere ‘warn’. - premonition (of something) a premonition of disaster