foreseeable

1. ADJ If a future event is foreseeable, you know that it will happen or that it can happen, because it is a natural or obvious consequence of something else that you know. 可預(yù)見(jiàn)的

It seems to me that this crime was foreseeable and this death preventable. 在我看來(lái)這罪行是可預(yù)見(jiàn)的且這起死亡是可避免的。

2. PHRASE If you say that something will happen for the foreseeable future, you think that it will continue to happen for a long time. 在可預(yù)見(jiàn)的將來(lái)

Profit and dividend growth looks above average for the foreseeable future. 利潤(rùn)和股息的增長(zhǎng)看上去在可預(yù)見(jiàn)的將來(lái)會(huì)高于平均水平。