future: [14] Future comes via Old French future from Latin futūrus ‘going to be, about to be’, which was used as the future participle of esse ‘be’. It was a descendant of the Indo-European base *bheu- or *bhu-, which originally denoted ‘grow’, and also produced English be, the German present first and second person singular forms bin and bist, and the Latin perfect tense of esse (fuī ‘I was’, etc). => be
future (adj.)
late 14c., "that is yet to be; pertaining to a time after the present," from Old French futur "future, to come" (13c.), from Latin futurus "going to be, yet to be," as a noun, "the future," irregular suppletive future participle of esse "to be," from PIE *bheue- (see be). In grammar, of tense, from 1520s.
future (n.)
"future events; time to come," late 14c., modeled on Latin futura, neuter plural of futurus (see future (adj.)).
雙語例句
1. Students all over the country are facing an uncertain future.
全國各地學生前途未卜。
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2. I have not faltered in my quest for a new future.
我對新的未來的追求從未動搖過。
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3. Both had successful careers and the future looked bright.
兩個人都事業有成，前程似錦。
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4. There are bound to be question marks over his future.
他的未來必然還存有很多不確定的因素。
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5. Senior politicians met today to discuss the future of European economic unity.