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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a sign of something about to happen
  1. he looked for an omen before going into battle
  Synonym:omenpresageprognosticprognosticationprodigy

双语例句

• In a worrying portent of contagion the spread of Austrian, French and Dutch bond yields over German Bunds also shot up, though to levels still well below those of Italy and Spain.
  出于对危机蔓延的担忧，奥地利、法国、荷兰债券收益与德国债券的价差同样飙升，尽管仍远低于意大利和西班牙。
• That is what is so unsettling about today's China: Its authoritarian capitalism may not be merely a remainder of our past but a portent of our future.
  这就是为什么大家对于今天中国会感到如此不安的地方：它的威权资本主义不单单是我们过去的某个剩余物，还可能是我们未来的预兆。
• But did your reverence hear of the portent that was seen last night?
  不过，阁下您听说昨天夜里人们看见的征兆了吗？
• I have become like a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge.
  许多人都把我视作妖怪，你却作了我有力的仰赖。
• The broad, tree-lined boulevards and European architecture are witness to its past, the glass-walled towers that soar skywards a portent of its future.
  宽阔的林荫大道和欧式建筑见证着历史，高耸入云的摩天大厦预示着未来。
• 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？
• The portent wound in corridors of shells.
  贝壳的回廊上那些带着异兆的伤。
• 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。
• 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。
• The analysis of fracture failure for loom barrel arbor was explored with macroanalysis, microanalysis and metallographic inspection method. The result indicates that barrel ardor fracture is belong to fragile shear fracture without any obvious fracture portent, fracture may be caused by moment impact overloading.
  通过宏观和微观的断口形貌观察和金相分析，对织机卷筒轴断裂失效原因进行了分析，认为卷筒轴断裂属于无明显断裂前兆的脆性剪切断裂，断裂有可能由瞬时冲击过载引起。