portends

英 [pɔːˈtendz]

美 [pɔːrˈtendz]

v.  预兆，预示，预告(坏事)
portend的第三人称单数

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.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• The concluding chapter points out some limitations about the research results and hopefully portends the future study direction in this field.
  论文的总结部分指出该研究结果的局限性和该领域将来的研究方向。
• Fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs.
  人怕出名猪怕壮。
• What all this portends in the wake of Columbia's loss is still up for grabs.
  随着哥伦比亚号航天飞机的失事，这一切预示着什么仍然有待我们弄清楚。
• I think that portends good things for general motors.
  我想，这预示着，通用汽车的未来一片光明。
• More robust growth in our business portends, of course, greater growth in jobs, both in the US and around the world.
  当然，我们业务更强劲的增长也预示着就业机会的增长，在美国和世界各地皆是如此。
• A disastrous share offering in Madrid earlier this week portends continued economic trouble for Spain and, quite possibly, for the European Union.
  上周初，西班牙一家银行的股票发行交易失利，预示着西班牙经济将继续面临困境，而且很有可能波及整个欧盟。
• The UK would do well to consider what this portends.
  英国不妨考虑一下这预示着什么。
• However, it would be very premature to say it portends any significant change in the political system.
  但是，要说这预示着古巴政治制度将出现重大变化，那还为时尚早。
• This Nile Revolution portends huge uncertainty.
  这一尼罗河革命预示着巨大的不确定性。
• At this point it is hard to tell, but the recent strength of the dollar portends well for flows into the US.
  目前很难判断，但近来美元走强，显然预示着资金正流入美国。