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
- Portend the approach of a violent revolutionary storm
预示一场猛烈的革命风暴的来临 - Black clouds portend a storm.
暗云低沉是暴风雨的前兆。 - Leading economic indicators that portend a recession.
预告萧条的主要经济指标。 - Or does it portend a new Europe?
还是预示着一个新欧洲的到来？ - So lack of employment now may portend an even bleaker future.
因此，缺少就业岗位如今可能预示了一个更为暗淡的未来。 - 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？ - If we can't look after a species we've been trying so hard to save, it may portend even worse things for the ones we've been overlooking.
如果我们不能照顾好我们一直努力拯救的物种，它可能预示着那些被我们所忽视的情况将更加严重。 - 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。 - 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。 - What do these strange events portend?
这些奇怪的事件预示着什么？