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
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.- 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。
- The change did not portend a basic improvement in social conditions.
英英释义
verb
- indicate by signs
- These signs bode bad news
双语例句
- 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。 - Things that happen on eclipses tend to portend that something more is on the way, so take this period seriously.
在日食期间发生的事情将预兆着一些即将到来的事情,所以请认真对待这一事情的每一件事情。 - If well harnessed, such statistics portend a boom in local private demand in decades to come.
这些数据预示着,如果得到很好的利用,未来几十年非洲本地私人需求将强劲增长。 - These clouds are ominous. They portend a severe storm.
这些云是不祥的预兆,预示着一场大风暴即将来临。 - 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。 - The eclipse was thought to portend some great disaster.
日食被认为是大灾难的预兆。 - 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。 - Portend the approach of a violent revolutionary storm
预示一场猛烈的革命风暴的来临 - Or does it portend a new Europe?
还是预示着一个新欧洲的到来?