(对未来的)预感;(多指不祥的)预兆感。常带有“说不清原因但隐约觉得将发生某事(尤其坏事)”的意味。(也可泛指一般“预感”。)
/priˈzɛntɪmənt/
I had a strange presentiment that something would go wrong.
我有一种奇怪的预感,觉得会出问题。
Despite the cheerful music, she couldn’t shake the presentiment of disaster that had followed her all day.
尽管音乐很欢快,她仍摆脱不了一整天萦绕心头的那种灾难将至的预感。
来自法语 presentiment,由 **pré-**(“预先”)+ 与 sentir(“感觉”)相关的词根构成,字面义接近“预先的感觉”。进入英语后常用于文学语境,表达带情绪色彩的“隐约预感”。