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

• The broad, tree-lined boulevards and European architecture are witness to its past, the glass-walled towers that soar skywards a portent of its future.
  宽阔的林荫大道和欧式建筑见证着历史，高耸入云的摩天大厦预示着未来。
• 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。
• So these changes are only a minor portent of what is likely to come, especially if we continue on our carbon-profligate pathway.
  因此，这些变化只是未来可能发生情况的微小征兆，尤其是如果我们继续肆意排放二氧化碳。
• I see it as a portent of things to come.
  我把它看作是将要到来的事物的前兆。
• 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。
• Whether that number should be seen as a portent, of course, is too soon to tell.
  当然，现在要说这个数字是否应该视为一种征兆，还为时尚早。
• 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。
• Based on the analyses for portent information of power sytem failures, This paper proposes a hierarchical causal diagnostic model.
  本文分析了电网故障时所表现出的故障征兆信息的特点，在此基础上提出一种分层因果智能诊断模型，这种方法有更好的适应性。
• Even if a slowdown is happening, however, it is less a portent of a double dip than confirmation that the recovery will be a long slog.
  不过，即使经济正在放缓，那也不是二次探底的征兆，而是经济复苏征途漫漫的印证。
• 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？