oreg 成语

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a foregone conclusion

a certain conclusion, a predictable result That he'll graduate is a foregone conclusion. He is a good student.

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foregone conclusion

(See a foregone conclusion)

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foregoing

foregoing
the foregoing
1) the one or ones previously mentioned
2) what has already been said or written

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foregone conclusion, a

foregone conclusion, a
1) An outcome regarded as inevitable, as in The victory was a foregone conclusion.
2) A conclusion formed in advance of argument or consideration, as in The jury was warned to consider all of the evidence and not base their decision on a foregone conclusion. This idiom probably was invented by Shakespeare (Othello, 3:3) but scholars are not agreed as to his precise meaning. [c. 1600]