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premonition

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pre·mo·ni·tion /ˌpreməˈnɪʃən, ˌpriː-/ noun [countable]  PREDICTa strange feeling that something, especially something bad, is going to happen 〔尤指不祥的〕预感premonition of a premonition of death 死亡的预感premonition that When Anne didn’t arrive, Paul had a premonition that she was in danger. 安妮没有来,保罗就预感到她有危险了。
Examples from the Corpus
premonitionEven then I had a premonition of danger, of menace.She had a premonition that she would die in a plane crash.She had a premonition that she was going to die, and she did so peacefully.About six months after Mr Reynolds' first premonition, he experienced unexplained noises, mainly thumping and banging.He foresaw the decimation of the Hawaiian people; perhaps he had some premonition of his own end too.For Kadare, history is not knowledge but illness, and Gjon falls sick with the premonition of an ominous planetary shift.In the 1972 single-handed Transatlantic yacht race, a number of hallucinations and illusions were experienced, some of them premonitions.He was sitting in the new, renovated bathroom with the unmistakable premonition that now he was going to be sick.had ... premonitionA silent, peaceful place but he had a premonition of something terrible.He had a premonition that the enemy might be waiting for them.Even then I had a premonition of danger, of menace.It was illogical, but she had a premonition that Officer Hassan's instinct would prove correct.
Origin premonition (1500-1600) French Late Latin praemonitio, from Latin praemonere to warn before
pre·mo·ni·tion nounChineseSyllable
that something feeling Corpus a strange especially something,


premonition
premonition /ˌpreməˈnɪʃən, ˌpriː-/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: French
 Origin: Late Latin praemonitio, from Latin praemonere 'to warn before'
a strange feeling that something, especially something bad, is going to happen
    premonition of
    a premonition of death
    premonition that
    When Anne didn’t arrive, Paul had a premonition that she was in danger.


pre·mon·itionBrE /ˌpriːməˈnɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌpriːməˈnɪʃn/ 🔊BrE /ˌpreməˈnɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌpreməˈnɪʃn/ 🔊 nouna feeling that sth is going to happen, especially sth unpleasant (尤指不祥的)预感~ (of sth) a premonition of disaster大祸临头的预感~ (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。🔊🔊 pre·moni·tory BrE /prɪˈmɒnɪtəri/ 🔊NAmE /prɪˈmɑːnɪtɔːri/ 🔊 adjective(formal) a premonitory dream预兆性的梦