premonition

premonition
[ˌprɛməˈnɪʃ(ə)n, ˌpriː-]
noun
  1. a strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant
    (尤指不祥的)预感
    he had a premonition of imminent disaster.
    他有一种灾难临头的预感。
派生
premonitory
adjective
语源
  1. mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'advance warning'): from French prémonition, from late Latin praemonitio(n-), from Latin praemonere, from prae 'before' + monere 'warn'
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