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儒琴英语词组（English Phrase of the Day）
a foregone conclusion
英文解释
a result that is obvious to everyone even before it happens；a result that can be predicted with certainty.
同义词
synonyms: certainty · predictable result · predictable outcome · inevitability · matter of course · racing certainty · sure thing · cert · dead cert
中文解释
注定的结果；不可避免的结果；一个在发生之前对每个人都很明显的结果;一个可以肯定地预测的结果。
原文举例
China’s economic and military prowess has grown over the past two decades with its expanding desire to influence those outside of its borders. While American economic and military prowess is still strong, its desire to influence the world as it once had is receding.
In a classic transitioning power dynamic, China is seeking a greater role in the world while the United States is willingly and, in some cases, unwillingly ceding it. As Robert Gilpin famously described in Hegemonic Decline Theory, when one country becomes unable to provide a leading role in the world and another power rises and begins to take the reins, a hegemonic war will take place to correct the disequilibrium.
This theoretical framework would suggest a conflict between America and China unless the disequilibrium is addressed to correct the underlying notions of inequality.
The Sino-American economic connectivity would, however, preclude this from being a foregone conclusion.
在过去20年里，中国的经济和军事实力一直在增长，它越来越渴望影响境外的国家。虽然美国的经济和军事实力依然强大，但它想要像过去那样影响世界的愿望正在消退。
在一个典型的权力过渡动态中，中国正在寻求在世界上扮演更重要的角色，而美国愿意，在某些情况下，不情愿地放弃它。正如罗伯特•吉尔平(Robert Gilpin)在《霸权衰落理论》中所描述的那样，当一个国家无法在世界上发挥主导作用，而另一个大国崛起并开始主导时，就会发生霸权战争来纠正这种不平衡。
这一理论框架将表明，如果不纠正不平等的基本概念，中美之间就会发生冲突。
然而，由于中美经济的互联互通，这就不可能成定局。