foretaste /ˈfɔːteɪst/ TEM8

• 1. 

  N-COUNT If you describe an event as a foretaste of a future situation, you mean that it suggests to you what that future situation will be like. 预示 [usu 'a' N 'of' n]

  例：

  It was a foretaste of things to come.

  这是未来之事的预演。