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

• 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。
• Microseismic monitoring technique is a new geophysical technology, which originates from 1990s. Through monitoring microseism incident of the mine, we can find portent of geological hazard in time, and take measures to avoid casualty.
  微震监测技术是一种新的物探技术，起源于20世纪90年代。通过监测矿井微震事件的发生可以及时发现地质灾害事故的前兆，并及时采取有效措施，避免灾害事故发生。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Viral "Blips": Benign or Portent of Bad Things to Come?
  病毒“信号”：坏事情到来的征兆？
• The link between this chilling portent and the blue dragons remains unclear, but Anachronos has called upon what some of his kind deem the "short-lived" races to investigate further.
  虽然这一惊人的预兆和蓝龙之间的联系尚不明朗，但是阿纳克洛斯已经号召那些他眼中的“短命”种族前往一探究竟。
• In a worrying portent of contagion the spread of Austrian, French and Dutch bond yields over German Bunds also shot up, though to levels still well below those of Italy and Spain.
  出于对危机蔓延的担忧，奥地利、法国、荷兰债券收益与德国债券的价差同样飙升，尽管仍远低于意大利和西班牙。
• 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。