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　

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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.
  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。

英英释义

verb

• indicate by signs
  1. These signs bode bad news
  Synonym:bodeauspicateprognosticateomenpresagebetokenforeshadowaugurforetellprefigureforecastpredict

双语例句

• What may they portend for the future?
  对于将来有何预示？
• Heavy insider purchases sometimes portend a vigorous market rally.
  内部人士大举买入，有时预示着市场将开始强力反弹。
• 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。
• Portend the approach of a violent revolutionary storm
  预示一场猛烈的革命风暴的来临
• Threatening skies portend a storm.
  可怕的天气预示着一畅风雨。
• It does at least portend a reduction in hydrogenated soybean oil in vegetable oil blends, which could include some soybean oil than has not been hydrogenated.
  但这至少预示着混合植物油中氢化豆油的用量将减少，混合植物油中可能也会包含一些没有氢化的豆油。
• Things that happen on eclipses tend to portend that something more is on the way, so take this period seriously.
  在日食期间发生的事情将预兆着一些即将到来的事情，所以请认真对待这一事情的每一件事情。
• What do these strange events portend?
  这些奇怪的事件预示着什么？
• 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？
• Vivid, violent dreams can portend brain disorders by half a century, a new study finds.
  一项新的研究发现，栩栩如生的恶梦能预知到半个世纪后的脑部紊乱。