portend

英 [pɔːˈtend]

美 [pɔːrˈtend]

v.  预兆，预示，预告(坏事)

过去式：portended　第三人称单数：portends　现在分词：portending　过去分词：portended　

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BNC.34983 / COCA.18414

牛津词典

verb

• 预兆，预示，预告（坏事）
  to be a sign or warning of sth that is going to happen in the future, especially sth bad or unpleasant

柯林斯词典

• VERB 预示；预兆；预告
  If somethingportendsan event or occurrence, it indicates that it is likely to happen in the future.
  1. The change did not portend a basic improvement in social conditions.
     该变化没有预示社会状况的根本改观。

英英释义

verb

• indicate by signs
  1. These signs bode bad news
  Synonym:bodeauspicateprognosticateomenpresagebetokenforeshadowaugurforetellprefigureforecastpredict

双语例句

• Or does it portend a new Europe?
  还是预示着一个新欧洲的到来？
• Heavy insider purchases sometimes portend a vigorous market rally.
  内部人士大举买入，有时预示着市场将开始强力反弹。
• But moving from the jaded north to the dynamic south does not portend an easy future.
  但是，基督教从疲惫的北方向富有活力的南方扩展，并不能预示基督徒在南方的安宁生活。
• Black clouds portend a storm.
  暗云低沉是暴风雨的前兆。
• What do these strange events portend?
  这些奇怪的事件预示着什么？
• The eclipse was thought to portend some great disaster.
  日食被认为是大灾难的预兆。
• Future flight part3of12: beaming up the weather: today's services portend tomorrow's resources.
  未来飞行12部分之3用雷达探测天气：今天的服务预示着明天的资源。
• If we can't look after a species we've been trying so hard to save, it may portend even worse things for the ones we've been overlooking.
  如果我们不能照顾好我们一直努力拯救的物种，它可能预示着那些被我们所忽视的情况将更加严重。
• Threatening skies portend a storm.
  可怕的天气预示着一畅风雨。
• That would portend increased flows of glacial ice from Antarctica and a rise in global sea levels, endangering low-lying land areas.
  这预示着南极洲的冰河流量将增加，全球海平面将上升，对低地地区将造成危害。