presentiment

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pre·sen·ti·ment /prɪˈzentəmənt/ noun [countable] formalPREDICT a strange feeling that something is going to happen, especially something bad 〔尤指不祥的〕预感 SYN premonitionpresentiment of a presentiment of disaster 要发生灾难的预感

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presentiment• I didn't exactly have a presentiment - certainly not of anything like this happening.• I have an intractable presentiment that I will soon start seeing them in Tod's dream.• I understood that you had had some sort of presentiment of disaster.• Since the unfortunate accident to your father, I have had the strangest presentiments concerning you, at times.• Heavy with presentiment, I turned around and walked back to my office.presentiment of• a presentiment of dangerOrigin presentiment (1700-1800) French pressentiment, from Latin praesentire “to feel before”