foresee

Few economists could foresee the global financial crisis that occurred in late 2008.

(Chinese) 很少有经济学家能预见到2008年底发生的全球金融危机。

We did not foresee any problems with the equipment when we started the experiment.

(Chinese) 我们在开始实验时，并没有预见到设备会出现任何问题。