The note to be sounded was brevity, mystery, and a foretaste of impending doom for Germany

措辞应当简短、神秘，而且要预示德国即将灭亡。

But it was frightening: or, more exactly, it was like a foretaste of death, like being a little less alive

但是这有点使人害怕;或者确切地说，这有点像预先尝一下死亡的滋昧，有点像少活几天。

A foretaste of the fierce conflict to come

对未来的激烈冲突先尝到的滋味.

Her caustic remark gave him a foretaste of her anger.

她的刻薄话使他预感到她的愤怒。

The air held a foretaste of rain.

空气中有将要下雨的征兆。

Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every coming together again a foretaste of the resurrection.-- Arthur Schopenhauer

每场分别都使人尝到死亡的味道;每场重聚都使人常到复活的味道。--叔本华

Society’s first concern will remain major crime, but a foretaste of the seriousness of incivility is suggested by what has been happening in Houston

社会首先关注的当然还是重大罪行，但是下述休斯敦市的情况预示:如果不讲文明，将会产生何种严重的后果。

He got a foretaste of business life by working during his vacation from school.

他在学校放假期间工作，预先得到了一些商业工作的经验.

The air held a foretaste of a storm

天气有要括大风的迹象。

Summer styles are often a foretaste of autumn fashion

夏装的款式常常是秋装的预兆。

The briny air gave a foretaste of the nearby sea.

咸空气是快近海的前兆。

The unusually warm spring day seemed like a foretaste of summer.

异常暖和的春天有点像夏天的滋味.

An introductory or preliminary message,sample,or overview;a foretaste .

预告介绍性或初步的信息，标本或概述;象征，预示

anticipating her desires.The term can also refer to having a foretaste of something expected before its occurrence

预先满足她的愿望。这个词也指在预料中某物的出现前就已拥有

This is only the first sip, the first foretaste of a bitter cup which will be proffered to us year by year

这不过是以后每年还要递给我们的苦杯的第一口，第一次尝尝味道罢了。

This is only the first sip, the first foretaste of a bitter cup which will be proffered to us year by year unless by a supreme recovery of moral health and martial vigour, we arise again and take our stand for freedom as in the olden time

这只是年复一年会递到我们手中的苦酒的第一口，只是让我们先尝尝滋味，除非我们重振健全的道德和坚强的斗志从而重新站起来，一如往昔那样挺身维护自由!

||1:Last month several hundred parliamentary workers besieged a meeting of deputies who had gathered to agree on a draft plan.||2:As the deputies left, they encountered a barrage of ironic applause and shouts of “Didn’t touch your own salaries, did you?” This unprecedented scene was a foretaste of the difficulties Mr Renzi faces as he attempts to take on entrenched interests in Italian society.

||1:上个月，数百名国会工作人员包围住一群正在开会拟定计划草案的国会议员。||2:当议员们离开的时候，讽刺的掌声与嘘声此起彼伏：“没能波及自己的薪水是不是很开心？”这种前所未有的场面预示着伦齐先生改革意大利社会的既得利益时将压力山大。

||1:This orgy of reminiscence has different causes in different countries.||2:In emerging markets past glories are often a foretaste of future triumphs.||3:China, which has enjoyed 40 years of transformative growth, senses that it is on the threshold of something great.||4:Under Narendra Modi, India has been celebrating its growing geopolitical heft with a Hindu-nationalist revival.

||1:这种怀旧热潮在不同的国家有不同原因。||2:在新兴市场，旧日辉煌往往预示着明日成功。||3:中国已经经历了40年的转型发展，并意识到正立于伟大事业起点。||4:印度，在纳伦德拉?莫迪领导下，一直在用印度教民族主义复兴来庆祝其日益增长的地缘政治影响力。

The floods in Pakistan are just a foretaste .

巴基斯坦的洪水只是一个预警。

But it is likely to be just a foretaste of things to come.

但这很有可能只是一个开始。

A bigger worry is that the slowdown is a foretaste of a slump in demand when the scheme ends.

更大的担心是当方案终止时，放缓的速度预示着需求的大幅度降低。

Power was restored within a few hours, but the blackout was a worrying foretaste of what may be to come.

虽然供电在几小时之内就恢复了，但该次停电使人们担心可能会发生的事情。

How trading via “dark pools of liquidity” may give a foretaste of an internet where secrecy is valued more than transparency

通过“资金暗池”的交易预先告诉我们，网络是一个保密比透明更加重要的交易场所。

I got a foretaste of appreciation while still on the return journey.

在回家的路上，我已预先尝到了受人尊敬的滋味。

To be left alone without God, would be too awful for words, but to be left alone with Him is a foretaste of Heaven!

总之，剩下一人而没有神同在，是太凄凉的事；剩下一人而有主同在的话，是预尝天上的光景！

Recent renewed sabre-rattling over US missile defence plans may be a foretaste .

最近俄罗斯对美国导弹防御计划重新摆出好斗姿态，可能就是一个预兆。