The foregone conclusion of a medvedev victory is now all but official .

预料之中的梅德韦杰夫的获胜现在几乎已经成为定局，只差最后正式公布。

The outcome of both votes was assumed to be a foregone conclusion .

两次投票的结果被认为是早成定局的事。

That strategy only makes sense if destruction is already a foregone conclusion-if there will be no future to pay off the debt .

这个战略只有在环境破坏已是预料之中的情况下才说的通-----若没有未来，那也不用还债了。

Cost in terms of foregone alternatives .

放弃其他选择的费用。

But the ranking does not necessarily mean that a pandemic is a foregone conclusion .

但是这个级别并不仅仅意味着疾病的大流行会是必然的结果。