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　

GRETEM8

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
  Synonym:forerunnerpredecessorheraldprecursor

verb

• foreshadow or presage
  Synonym:announceannunciateforetellherald

双语例句

• These celebrations harbinger social harmony and amity and preach the lofty Jain motto Live and Let live.
  这些仪式预示着社会和谐，和睦，宣扬着崇高的耆那教教训生和放生。
• And you can certainly take precautions to make sure that a runny nose is not the harbinger of a more serious disease.
  而且你必定可以采取预防措施来确认流鼻涕不是更严重的病的预兆。
• Lu Xun will be for ever celebrated as the glorious harbinger of a new Chinese cultural movement.
  鲁迅将永远作为中国新文化运动的光辉先驱受人歌颂。
• The emergence of bigger and even more complex financial behemoths all too big to fail is a harbinger of crises to come.
  更大、甚至更为复杂的金融“巨兽”的出现都因太大而不会破产是危机将要来临的预兆。
• Many sense Iraq is also a harbinger.
  很多人的感觉是，伊拉克还预示着未来。
• Some commentators have taken all this as a harbinger of full capital-account convertibility.
  一些评论员将上述情况视为资本账户可完全兑换的先兆。然而这个可能性并不大。
• 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。
• 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。
• For the Maya, a smoking volcano wasn't always a harbinger of doom.
  对于玛雅人而言，一座冒烟的火山并不永远意味着厄运的凶兆。
• If not its cause, others may wonder if the swooning equity market is the harbinger of economic distress.
  如果说股市暴跌不是经济萧条的元凶，那么人们可能想知道，它是否是经济低迷的先兆。