harbinger
英 [ˈhɑːbɪndʒə(r)]
美 [ˈhɑːrbɪndʒər]
n. (常指坏的)预兆,兆头
vt. 预告; 充做…的前驱
复数:harbingers 现在分词:harbingering 过去式:harbingered 第三人称单数:harbingers 过去分词:harbingered
BNC.20456 / COCA.16191
牛津词典
noun
- (常指坏的)预兆,兆头
a sign that shows that sth is going to happen soon, often sth bad
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (尤指不祥的)先兆,预兆
Something that is aharbinger ofsomething else, especially something bad, is a sign that it is going to happen.- The November air stung my cheeks, a harbinger of winter.
11月的空气刺痛了我的脸颊,预示着冬天就要来临。
- The November air stung my cheeks, a harbinger of winter.
英英释义
noun
- something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
verb
- foreshadow or presage
双语例句
- The shift of deposits and money out of Scotland this week is a harbinger.
上周存款和资金流出苏格兰,就是一个兆头。 - Indeed, the public's rush into inflation-protected government bonds may be a harbinger of a future rise in inflation expectations.
事实上,目前通胀保值政府债券受到公众热捧,可能就是未来通胀预期上升的一个预兆。 - An icy harbinger of doom, channeling runic power and delivering rapid weapon strikes.
一位恶魔的先驱者,引导符文力量和给与快速的武器攻击。 - Whether the recent break is a harbinger of trouble will dominate debate in the short term.
近日的突破是否预示着麻烦将至,这将成为短期内人们争论的热点。 - The massive cloud that converges in the firmament above is a hulking harbinger of China's impending change.
汇聚在天空中的大朵白云成为中国即将发生的变化的拙劣先兆。 - A stronger dollar has historically proved to be the harbinger of turmoil in the developing world.
传统上,美元走强被证明是发展中国家陷入动荡的预兆。 - Mistrust of the government making this request could be the harbinger even the cause of national decline.
不信任提出这种请求的政府,可能成为国家衰落的先兆(甚至是原因)。 - Yet, each is just a harbinger of what's to come this year, as data of all sorts is assembled instantly by compelling applications.
而这每一个示例都只是今年的趋势的一个预兆,所有类别的数据都会被应用程序即时组装在一起。 - But if foreign earnings have helped US multinationals stave off a fall in profitability, the question is whether the current reliance on the rest of the world is just a cyclical phase or the harbinger of a transformation in corporate America.
但如果说海外收入帮助美国的跨国企业避免了利润率的下降,那么现在的问题是,当前对世界其它地方的依赖究竟只是一个周期性阶段,还是美国企业界变革的预兆? - Many sense Iraq is also a harbinger.
很多人的感觉是,伊拉克还预示着未来。