n. [气象][通信]预测；展望（forecast 的复数）
v. 预言；作预测（forecast 的第三人称单数）
weather forecast天气预测，天气预报
demand forecast需求预测
1.Forecasts of rain are a classic example.
降雨的预报是个经典的例子。
2.These forecasts are only general trends.
预测只是大概的趋势。
3.To develop more accurate population forecasts, demographers have to know a great deal more than now about the social and economic determinants of fertility.
为了做出更准确的人口预测，人口统计学家必须比现在更多地了解生育率的社会和经济决定因素。
4.The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next decade.
国际货币基金组织已经调低对未来十年的增长预测。
5.Improve the accuracy of weather and wind forecasts on time scales from hours to days.
把天气和风力预报的准确性的时间尺度从几个小时的提高到几天的。
6.Why has history not ratified their forecasts?
为什么历史没有使他们的预测生效？
7.Such forecasts might just be lobbying tactics.
这些预测也许是游说的战术。