The sudden drop in temperature and darkening clouds foreshadowed the approaching storm, prompting sailors to secure their vessels.
温度的骤降和乌云的聚拢预示着风暴的来临,促使水手们固定好他们的船只。
Which choice best defines “foreshadow”?
B — To indicate or suggest something that will happen in the future. “foreshadow” means to indicate or suggest something that will happen in the future.
Which word means “to indicate or suggest something that will happen in the future”?
C — foreshadow. “foreshadow” means to indicate or suggest something that will happen in the future.
foreshadow — to indicate or suggest something that will happen in the future. In Chinese: 预示,预兆.
foreshadow is pronounced /fɔːrˈʃædoʊ/.
The sudden drop in temperature and darkening clouds foreshadowed the approaching storm, prompting sailors to secure their vessels. (温度的骤降和乌云的聚拢预示着风暴的来临,促使水手们固定好他们的船只。)
presage, prefigure, augur — all close in meaning to foreshadow (to indicate or suggest something that will happen in the future).
Yes. foreshadow is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.