presage
英 [ˈpresɪdʒ]
美 [ˈpresɪdʒ]
v. 预兆，警示，预言(尤指不祥之事)
n. 预示，预兆，预感
过去式：presaged 第三人称单数：presages 现在分词：presaging 过去分词：presaged
BNC.19094 / COCA.20147
牛津词典
verb
- 预兆，警示，预言（尤指不祥之事）
to be a warning or sign that sth will happen, usually sth unpleasant
柯林斯词典
- VERB 预示；预兆；警示
If somethingpresagesa situation or event, it is considered to be a warning or sign of what is about to happen.- ...the dawn's loud chorus that seemed to presage a bright hot summer's day.
似乎预示着今天会是一个阳光灿烂的炎炎夏日的清晨嘹亮的鸟叫声
- ...the dawn's loud chorus that seemed to presage a bright hot summer's day.
英英释义
noun
- a sign of something about to happen
- he looked for an omen before going into battle
- a foreboding about what is about to happen
verb
- indicate by signs
- These signs bode bad news
双语例句
- An antisivially strong Peso may presage serious problems for the country.
靠人为作用变得坚挺的比索可能预示着国家存在严重的问题。 - German finds that, in the road, the chimney sweepers, they presage a day good luck.
德国人认定，在路上碰到了烟囱清扫工，便预示着一天要交好运。 - Going through crisscross footpaths between fields, wherever our fingerprints reach, wherever the oldest presage will show.
纵横阡陌，我们的指纹印在哪里，哪里就会显露最古老的预言。 - But for unknown reasons, in the remaining cases the twisting did not presage a flare.
不知道什么原因，在其余的情况中，磁旋流并没有预示耀斑的到来。 - The incident is believed to presage war.
这件事件据信是战争的前兆。 - The announcement seemed to presage a sudden and startling end to the conflict.
这个宣言看来预示着突然而又令人吃惊地结束冲突。 - But now business is slowing again – and experts fear that may presage a hard landing for the whole country.
但是现在这个行业又一次萎靡了&专家们担忧这很可能是整个国家经济衰退的一个前兆。 - Yet the plight of the news business does not presage the end of news.
但新闻产业如今面临的困境并不预示着新闻的终结。 - Ukraine was bracing itself for more upheaval on Sunday after its two easternmost regions held referendums on self-rule that some fear could presage a break-up of the country.
周日，乌克兰最东边的两个地区举行了自治公投，这将使乌克兰动荡局势加剧。一些人担心，这可能预示着乌克兰即将分裂。 - If probability becomes reality, however, a U.S. romp could presage more dominance in the future.
然而，如果我们的预测都成为了现实，美国的成功可能预示着其在未来将更能占据主导地位。