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
- In a worrying portent of contagion the spread of Austrian, French and Dutch bond yields over German Bunds also shot up, though to levels still well below those of Italy and Spain.
出于对危机蔓延的担忧，奥地利、法国、荷兰债券收益与德国债券的价差同样飙升，尽管仍远低于意大利和西班牙。 - 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。 - 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。 - Cows are treated as "Five Cereals God" for totemism, which has strong reproductivity. Thus, cows are looked upon as a token to bring humans a bumper grain harvest and propitious portent.
牛还作为图腾崇拜的五谷神，具有很强的繁殖能力，因此牛被看作能带来五谷丰登和瑞兆的财富的象征。 - 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？ - 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。 - Are dreams a portent of things to come?
梦是不是将要发生的事情的预兆？ - 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。 - From portent to eruption, financial crisis is a process from quantitative change to qualitative change.
企业的财务危机从出现征兆到完全爆发是一个由量变积累到质变的过程。 - I see it as a portent of things to come.
我把它看作是将要到来的事物的前兆。