What the authors show is that that was not necessarily a foregone conclusion.

作者表明，这不一定是必然的结论。

All empires fall and all states eventually fail; the end of the United Kingdom “is a foregone conclusion”.

所有的帝国，国家都将灭亡，联合王国（英国）的灭亡已成定局。

Diawara says the outcome is a foregone conclusion and that Hissene Habre has already been as good as tried.

迪亚瓦拉表示，审判结果已在预料之，侯塞因·哈布雷几乎已经经过了考验。

It's pretty much a foregone conclusion that my chosen recipe won't work out as I hope.

我所选的食谱不会是我希望的结果，这几乎是意料之的事。

You didn't have any foregone conclusions before?

你没有在那之前就下好定论了？

In politics, nothing is a foregone conclusion.

政治界里没有定局这么一说。

I'm sad to say, a foregone conclusion.

我很遗憾地说 早已是个定局。

The outcome of the battle was a foregone conclusion.

【conclusion】战斗的结果早在预料之。

From the board, I'd say the outcome is a foregone conclusion.

这盘看来 大局已定。

(the income foregone because language barriers alter and reduce international trade) in 2012 as high as 59 billion, or 3.5% of GDP.

（由于语言障碍改变和减少了国际贸易）给2012年带来高达590亿英镑（合900美元），或是3.5％的国内生产总值的损失。

Hmmm - I'm not sure. I think it can but it's not a foregone conclusion unless they manage to attract the right level of investment.

我不确定。我认为它会变好，但是不能肯定，除非他们设法吸引到适当的投资。

Now, if something is a foregone conclusion, it's a result that is certain to happen. He thinks it's certain that his recipe won't work out.

如果某事已成定局，那它就是必然发生的结果。他认为他的食谱肯定行不通。

Besides, he coined phrases and expressions we still use to this day, such as " fair play" , " a foregone conclusion" and " to wear your heart on your sleeve" .

他还创造了许多词组和短语，如 “fair play”、“foregone conclusion (预料的结局）”、 “to wear your heart on your sleeve (十分坦率）”等，它们一直沿用到今天。

And he may well have been right: on May 11th Mr Castro won re-election with 66.5% of the vote—a healthy total, to be sure, but well short of his 2011 showing of 81.4%. His victory was a foregone conclusion.

5月11日卡斯特罗先生以66.5％的选票支持率赢得连任，可以肯定的，这是一个可观的数据，但远远少于他2011年的81.4％的支持率。他的胜利已成定局。