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Lesson 14 单词讲解 1. forecast vt. to estimate in advance 预想, 预测 例: The scientists have been studying ice to forecast weather in the future. 科学家通过研究冰试图预报未来的天气。 【向“前”看】 foretell预言 forehead前额 foreword前言 prewar 战前的 prehistoric 史前的 precondition 前提 prolong 延长 propel 推进 promote 促进 prospect 前景 2. speculative based on guessing, not on information or facts highly/purely/largely speculative a purely speculative theory about life on other planets an attempt to guess something guess / estimate / gues