请问 predict 和 forecast 有何区别?最好结合例句和选择题?谢谢!
黎老师:
predict 和 forecast 是同义词。
1. forecast 通常指对天气、商务、经济方面的“预测”、“预报”。多用于依据推测进行预告的情况,如预报天气等,间或可指通过预感,对未来作把握不大的预测。可以作及物动词,宾语通常是表示事物的名词短语、that-分句或 what-分句。也可以作不及物动词或者名词,意思是“预报”预报。如:
(1) He forecasts a dire future for the industry. 他预测这一行业前景惨淡。
(2) Can you forecast what the outcome of the election will be? 你能预测选举结果吗?
(3) He forecast that the repairs would cost £2000, but the actual cost was a lot less. In actual fact it was quite cheap. 他预计修理费要两千英镑,但实际费用却少很多。事实上这是相当便宜的。
2. predict 可以作及物动词,意思是“预料,预计;预报”。指预言有事实根据或合乎自然规律,因此具有科学性、准确性。宾语通常是表示事物的名词短语、that-分句或what-分句。也可以作不及物动词,意思是“作预言”。如:
(1) Economists predicted a recession. 经济学家预测经济会出现衰退。
(2) The doctors didn’t mince their words, and predicted the worst. 医生直言相告,并做了最坏的预测。
(3) He predicted that the region’s economy would grow by about six per cent both this year and next. 他预言,今年和明年这一地区的经济均会有约6%的增幅。
(4) Some analysts predicted that the exchange rate would soon be $2 to the pound. 一些分析人士预测,英镑对美元的汇率将很快达到1:2。
(用法区别参考《英语辨析大词典》)