presage
英 [ˈpresɪdʒ]
美 [ˈpresɪdʒ]
v. 预兆,警示,预言(尤指不祥之事)
n. 预示,预兆,预感
过去式:presaged 第三人称单数:presages 现在分词:presaging 过去分词:presaged
BNC.19094 / COCA.20147
牛津词典
verb
- 预兆,警示,预言(尤指不祥之事)
to be a warning or sign that sth will happen, usually sth unpleasant
柯林斯词典
- VERB 预示;预兆;警示
If somethingpresagesa situation or event, it is considered to be a warning or sign of what is about to happen.- ...the dawn's loud chorus that seemed to presage a bright hot summer's day.
似乎预示着今天会是一个阳光灿烂的炎炎夏日的清晨嘹亮的鸟叫声
- ...the dawn's loud chorus that seemed to presage a bright hot summer's day.
英英释义
noun
- a sign of something about to happen
- he looked for an omen before going into battle
- a foreboding about what is about to happen
verb
- indicate by signs
- These signs bode bad news
双语例句
- Going through crisscross footpaths between fields, wherever our fingerprints reach, wherever the oldest presage will show.
纵横阡陌,我们的指纹印在哪里,哪里就会显露最古老的预言。 - A beautiful girl suddenly came to an early death, she had folded time, you said it was presage.
一个绝美的少女突然夭折,她曾折叠时间,你说那就是预言。 - These responses contrasted with praise of the accord from India and China, and may presage problems for the United Nations in keeping the fragile alliances formed in Copenhagen together.
这些反应与印度和中国对协议的称赞形成了对比,可能预示着联合国难以维系在哥本哈根形成的脆弱联盟。 - Such incidents often presage war.
那样的(政治性)事件常成为战争的前兆。 - Yet the plight of the news business does not presage the end of news.
但新闻产业如今面临的困境并不预示着新闻的终结。 - The surge in lending could presage faster growth and higher inflation this year if left unchecked.
若不采取对策,放贷激增可能预示着今年增长加快、通胀上扬。 - Ukraine was bracing itself for more upheaval on Sunday after its two easternmost regions held referendums on self-rule that some fear could presage a break-up of the country.
周日,乌克兰最东边的两个地区举行了自治公投,这将使乌克兰动荡局势加剧。一些人担心,这可能预示着乌克兰即将分裂。 - The lowering clouds presage a storm.
密集的云预示着暴风雨的来临。 - And only a year and a bit since the more faint-hearted stocked their cellars with bottled water and canned food lest the financial crash presage a descent into anarchy.
而胆小一些的人开始在地窖里储备瓶装水和罐头食品,生怕金融危机会导致这个世界陷入混乱状态,也就是这一年多点儿的事情。 - To indicate or give warning of beforehand; presage.
预示事先暗示或警告;预言。