a foretaste (of something)a small amount of a particular experience or situation that shows you what it will be like when the same thing happens on a larger scale in the future预先的体验;预示;征象
They were unaware that the street violence was just a foretaste of what was to come.他们没有意识到,这起街头暴力事件预示了后来发生的大规模暴力行为。