portent
英 [ˈpɔːtent]
美 [ˈpɔːrtent]
n. 预兆; 征兆; 先兆; (尤指)恶兆,凶兆
复数:portents
BNC.20706 / COCA.21369
牛津词典
noun
- 预兆;征兆;先兆;(尤指)恶兆,凶兆
a sign or warning of sth that is going to happen in the future, especially when it is sth unpleasant
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 预兆;征兆
Aportentis something that indicates what is likely to happen in the future.- The savage civil war there could be a portent of what's to come in the rest of the region...
那里发生的野蛮内战可能预示这一地区其他地方将会发生什么。 - I hope this is a portent for the rest of the year...
我希望这对今年余下的时间是个兆头。 - As for her engagement with Adam, I would say the portents are gloomy.
至于她和亚当的婚约,我看兆头不妙。
- The savage civil war there could be a portent of what's to come in the rest of the region...
英英释义
noun
- a sign of something about to happen
- he looked for an omen before going into battle
双语例句
- There came a Saturday morning ugly with the portent of storm.
有一个星期六早上,天昏地暗,暴风雨将临。 - He must have seen Kaida's successful opposition as a portent of the collapse of his dream of a universal empire.
他肯定发现,海都成功的反抗预示着他妄想称霸世界的美梦破灭。 - This turns out to be a portent of one of the biggest changes since the 1960s.
结果发现这是1960年代以来最大变化的一个预示。 - So these changes are only a minor portent of what is likely to come, especially if we continue on our carbon-profligate pathway.
因此,这些变化只是未来可能发生情况的微小征兆,尤其是如果我们继续肆意排放二氧化碳。 - The downgrading of some of its banks this week was a portent of that.
一些德国银行本周信用评级被下调就预示着这种情况的发生。 - Viral "Blips": Benign or Portent of Bad Things to Come?
病毒“信号”:坏事情到来的征兆? - As for her engagement with Adam, I would say the portents are gloomy.
至于她和亚当的婚约,我看兆头不妙。 - Are dreams a portent of things to come?
梦是不是将要发生的事情的预兆? - Whether that number should be seen as a portent, of course, is too soon to tell.
当然,现在要说这个数字是否应该视为一种征兆,还为时尚早。 - Should we treat low volatility as an eerie portent of disaster in the making, or as a sign that the world economy is finally on the right track?
我们应将低波动性看成是一种预示灾难正在形成的可怕征兆,还是一种暗示世界经济终于走上正轨的信号?