be a foregone conclusion1 CERTAINLY/DEFINITELYto be certain to happen, even though it has not yet officially happened 是明擺着的結果The outcome of the battle was a foregone conclusion. 戰鬥的結果早在預料之中。
2 CERTAINLY/DEFINITELYif something is a foregone conclusion, its result is certain, even though it has not happened yet 是預料中的結果;成爲定局The election result was a foregone conclusion. 選舉結果已成定局。
be a foregone conclusion• But the outcome of the battle was a foregone conclusion.• Some commentators and businessmen have suggested that the successful privatization of the National Freight Corporation was a foregone conclusion.• For three more years, Masada continued to hold out, but its fall was a foregone conclusion.• They never had to plan their shared parenting; it was a foregone conclusion.• It is a foregone conclusion that the homosexual laws will not be reformed yet.• The result was a foregone conclusion.• But none of these is a foregone conclusion.• Do not be deterred from exercising your right of appeal by the belief that the outcome will be a foregone conclusion.