foretastes
n.预兆,预示:事物的先行体验或感觉,通常指即将发生的事情。
例句
All he really says about it - apart from images and metaphors - is that one can have foretastes of the experience in this lifetime, and that it's the ultimate happiness, something truly worth knowing.
他除了以形象和比喻之外,实际上说的只是,人在此生可以预尝终极快乐的经验,而这个经验是真正值得了解的。