portend 详细解释

portend

[pɔ:'tend]

vt. 成为 ... 的前兆, 预知, 预警

vt.

1. 预示, 预先警告

What do these strange events portend?

这些奇怪的事件预示着什么?

2. 表示, 意味着

词形变化

动词过去式: portended | 动词过去分词: portended | 动词现在分词: portending | 动词第三人称单数: portends |

词义辨析

同义参见:

signify  predict  

英英释义

动词 portend:

indicate by signs

同义词：bode, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict

补充

portendportend英:[pɔ:ˈtend] 美:[pɔrˈtɛnd, por-]vt.1.预示, 预兆2.给…以警告, 预告

例句

1. The berries on your hedge portend a severe winter.你树篱上的浆果预示着严冬将至。 2. The change did not portend a basic improvement in social conditions.这一变化并不意味着社会状况的基本改善。 3. Her silence portends trouble.她沉默不语可不是好兆头。 4. Perhaps the present concern with the values of liberal arts education portends an intellectual anemia.现在关心大学文科教育的重要性也许意味着患了智力贫血症。 5. the eclipses portend some major events.日食月食预示某些重大事件可能发生。 6. The distant thunder portended a storm.远处的雷鸣预示暴风雨即将来临。 7. "If you're superstitious, a black cat portends trouble."如果你迷信的话，黑猫就意味着会有麻烦。

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