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
- Could that portend something more challenging for the government in 2012?
那是否预示着对2012年的政府将带来更多的挑战？ - What do these strange events portend?
这些奇怪的事件预示着什么？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Portend the approach of a violent revolutionary storm
预示一场猛烈的革命风暴的来临 - Do Watson and his ilk portend higher unemployment?
沃森及其家族成员是否预示着未来失业率会更高呢？ - But such steps also portend a murky future in which a chronic condition, such as hypertension, could cost workers jobs or promotions ─ or prevent them from being hired in the first place.
不过这些措施对员工而言也预示着一个暗淡的前景，像高血压这样的慢性病可能会让员工失去工作或晋升机会&或者一开始就成为了妨碍他们被录用的障碍。 - That would portend increased flows of glacial ice from Antarctica and a rise in global sea levels, endangering low-lying land areas.
这预示着南极洲的冰河流量将增加，全球海平面将上升，对低地地区将造成危害。 - The eclipse was thought to portend some great disaster.
日食被认为是大灾难的预兆。