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 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• From portent to eruption, financial crisis is a process from quantitative change to qualitative change.
  企业的财务危机从出现征兆到完全爆发是一个由量变积累到质变的过程。
• 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。
• 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。
• He feared this portent and tried to banish it from his mind, mollify it erase it-but it kept returning.
  他害怕这个不祥的预兆，想方设法把它从脑子里撵出去，平息它，消除它&但是它总是返回来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。