予告された
解説 Definition
foretold は foretell（予告する、予言する）の過去形・過去分詞です。何かが起こる前にそれを告げた、または予告されたことを表します。
Foretold is the past tense and past participle of foretell. It means predicted or announced that an event would happen before it actually occurred, and in passive constructions it describes an event that was predicted in advance.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 foretell は fore-「前もって」＋tell「告げる」。tell が過去形 told になるのと同じ不規則変化で、foretell–foretold–foretold となり、発音も told の部分を保ちます。警告・報告・予言が出来事を事前に告げた場面や、be foretold「予告される」で覚えます。
Break foretell into fore-, “before,” and tell, “say or inform.” Its irregular change follows tell–told: foretell becomes foretold in both the past tense and the past participle. Imagine a weather office giving warnings before a storm; the warnings foretold the storm, and the storm was foretold by them. This picture fixes the central idea of telling about something before it happens. Unlike a casual guess, foretell often suggests a prediction based on signs, analysis, prophecy, or authoritative warning.
例文
The storm was foretold by clear warnings from the weather office.
その嵐は気象局からの明確な警報によって予告されていました。
The report foretold a rise in demand for clean energy.
その報告書はクリーンエネルギー需要の増加を予告していました。
Many of the problems foretold by the engineers later appeared during testing.
技術者たちが予告していた問題の多くは、後に試験中に現れました。
foretold の類義語・関連語
foretold の語源・成り立ち Etymology
foretold は foretell の過去・過去分詞で、fore（前もって）＋ tell（告げる）から成ります。どちらも古英語由来で、「前もって言う」という形そのままに「予告する・予言する」の意味になりました。関連語は retell、tale。
Foretold is the past-tense and past-participle form of foretell. The verb combines fore-, meaning “before” or “in advance,” with tell. Both elements descend from Old English. Its irregular pattern comes from tell, whose corresponding forms are told and told; accordingly, English uses foretell, foretold, foretold. The compound has long carried the transparent sense of telling or announcing an event before it occurs.
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