Some of you who are maybe familiar with Plato's later dialogue The Republic may recognize at least what seems to me, what we have here, is a foreshadowing of the myth of the cave, or the allegory of the cave, which Plato describes there as well.

你们中的那些,对柏拉图稍晚些的《理想国》对话录,熟悉的同学会知道,起码我认为,我们这里讲的是预示着洞穴的那个传说,或者洞穴的寓言,柏拉图在也描述过

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Mr. Obama's criticism, industry officials fear, is a foreshadowing of deep cuts to come.

WSJ: Lobbyists Line Up to Torpedo Speech Proposals

That would imply that those were very important subscribers or a foreshadowing of a deterioration in a business model that has not yet been proven.

FORBES: NetFlix: Tipping Point or Overreaction?

Guided by Mr Tremonti, author of a book foreshadowing the credit crunch, the government has embraced Sarkozyite ambiguity.

ECONOMIST: Italy and the G8 summit: A cavalier preparing to host the world | The