future

future
noun
  1. (一般作 the future)the time or a period of time following the moment of speaking or writing; time regarded as still to come
    将来，未来，今后
    we plan on getting married in the near future.
    我们计划在不久的将来结婚。
    work on the building will be shelved for the foreseeable future.
    这幢楼的建设工作将被搁置一段时间。
    ■events that will or are likely to happen in time to come
    未来将会（或可能会）发生的事
    nobody can predict the future.
    没有人能预言将来的事。
    ■used to refer to what will happen to someone or something in time to come
    前景，前途
    MPs will debate the future of the railways.
    下院议员们将就铁道运输的前景问题进行辩论。
    ■a prospect of success or happiness
    成功（或令人高兴）的前景，前途
    he'd decided that there was no future in the gang.
    他已断定那帮人不会有前途。
    I began to believe I might have a future as an artist.
    我开始认为如果当艺术家我说不定会有成功的可能。
    ■(Grammar)a tense of verbs expressing events that have not yet happened
    (语法)将来时
  2. (futures)contracts for assets (especially commodities or shares) bought at agreed prices but delivered and paid for later
    期货。 比较 forward (义项2)
adjective
  1. [attrib.]at a later time; going or likely to happen or exist
    将来的，未来的
    the needs of future generations.
    未来几代人的需要。
    ■(of a person) planned or destined to hold a specified position
    （人）计划（或注定）要占据某位置的
    his future wife.
    他未来的妻子。
    ■existing after death
    死后存在的
    heaven and the future life with Christ.
    天堂以及和耶稣在一起的来生。
    ■(Grammar)(of a tense) expressing an event yet to happen
    (语法)（时态）将来时的
常用词组
for future reference
  1. 见 reference
in future
  1. from now onwards
    从今以后，今后
    she would be more careful in future.
    她今后会更细心。
派生
futureless
adjective
语源
  1. late Middle English: via Old French from Latin futurus, future participle of esse 'be' (from the stem fu-, ultimately from a base meaning 'grow, become')
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