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]