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
- 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? - 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。 - 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。 - Based on the analyses for portent information of power sytem failures, This paper proposes a hierarchical causal diagnostic model.
本文分析了电网故障时所表现出的故障征兆信息的特点,在此基础上提出一种分层因果智能诊断模型,这种方法有更好的适应性。 - Even if a slowdown is happening, however, it is less a portent of a double dip than confirmation that the recovery will be a long slog.
不过,即使经济正在放缓,那也不是二次探底的征兆,而是经济复苏征途漫漫的印证。 - 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 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。 - The link between this chilling portent and the blue dragons remains unclear, but Anachronos has called upon what some of his kind deem the "short-lived" races to investigate further.
虽然这一惊人的预兆和蓝龙之间的联系尚不明朗,但是阿纳克洛斯已经号召那些他眼中的“短命”种族前往一探究竟。 - 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。 - 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。