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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a sign of something about to happen
  1. he looked for an omen before going into battle
  Synonym:omenpresageprognosticprognosticationprodigy

双语例句

• Should we treat low volatility as an eerie portent of disaster in the making, or as a sign that the world economy is finally on the right track?
  我们应将低波动性看成是一种预示灾难正在形成的可怕征兆，还是一种暗示世界经济终于走上正轨的信号？
• Is it true that cows lying down in a field are a portent of rain?
  母牛躺在田里就预示着要下雨，这是不是真的？
• 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。
• 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。
• ET might be the important factor to cause vasoconstriction, resulting in the portent symptoms.
  ET可能是导致血管收缩，引起先兆症状的重要因子。
• 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。
• He must have seen Kaida's successful opposition as a portent of the collapse of his dream of a universal empire.
  他肯定发现，海都成功的反抗预示着他妄想称霸世界的美梦破灭。
• That is what is so unsettling about today's China: Its authoritarian capitalism may not be merely a remainder of our past but a portent of our future.
  这就是为什么大家对于今天中国会感到如此不安的地方：它的威权资本主义不单单是我们过去的某个剩余物，还可能是我们未来的预兆。
• 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？