foregone conclusion
 預定的事,預知的結論


 Fore·go, v. t.  To go before; to precede; -- used especially in the present and past participles.
    Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone.   --Wordsworth.
 For which the very mother's face forewent
 The mother's special patience.   --Mrs. Browning.
 Foregone conclusion, a conclusion which has preceded argument or examination; a predetermined conclusion.

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 foregone conclusion
      n 1: an inevitable ending [syn: matter of course]
      2: something that is certain; "his victory is a certainty"
         [syn: certainty, sure thing] [ant: uncertainty]