omens

英 [ˈəʊmɛnz]

美 [ˈoʊmənz]

n.  预兆; 前兆; 征兆
omen的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 征兆；预兆；兆头
  If you say that something is anomen, you think it indicates what is likely to happen in the future and whether it will be good or bad.
  1. Her appearance at this moment is an omen of disaster...
     她在此刻出现预示着一场灾难。
  2. Could this at last be a good omen for peace?
     这是否终于可以视作和平的吉兆了？

双语例句

• The omens are poor, yet I cannot help the Sultan weeps for you.
  前景很糟糕，但是现在我只能为你叹息。
• On the surface, the omens are good.
  表面上看，预兆良好。
• But for me all omens are favourable if I will, for, whatever the issue may be, it is in my power to get benefit therefrom.
  但是对于我本身来说，如果我想，所有的预兆都是对我好的，因为不管我失去了什么，我还是可以自己觉得从中获得益处。
• Here the omens are not good for the US.
  美国在这方面兆头不佳。
• Nor are the bad omens confined to the presidential race.
  坏兆头并非只出现在总统大选中。
• This design symbolizes happiness, friendship, peace, wealth, longevity and good omens.
  这种图案象征着幸福、友谊、和平、富足、长寿和好兆头。
• The omens for the game are still not propitious.
  这场比赛仍不被看好。
• The omens are mixed at best.
  目前的种种兆头至多算是好坏掺半。
• Such omens betide no good. Many of the physical features that make us attractive to one another are, in fact, signals of our health and fertility.
  许多使我们对他人具有吸引力的身体特征，其实是表现健康与生育能力的征兆。
• I do not believe in omens. He speaks like a drunken man.
  希罗底王后：我才不信什么预兆呢，他说话像个醉鬼。