portend
英 [pɔːˈtend]
美 [pɔːrˈtend]
v. 预兆，预示，预告(坏事)
过去式：portended 第三人称单数：portends 现在分词：portending 过去分词：portended
BNC.34983 / COCA.18414
牛津词典
verb
- 预兆，预示，预告（坏事）
to be a sign or warning of sth that is going to happen in the future, especially sth bad or unpleasant
柯林斯词典
- VERB 预示；预兆；预告
If somethingportendsan event or occurrence, it indicates that it is likely to happen in the future.- The change did not portend a basic improvement in social conditions.
该变化没有预示社会状况的根本改观。
- The change did not portend a basic improvement in social conditions.
英英释义
verb
- indicate by signs
- These signs bode bad news
双语例句
- Do Watson and his ilk portend higher unemployment?
沃森及其家族成员是否预示着未来失业率会更高呢？ - Leading economic indicators that portend a recession.
预告萧条的主要经济指标。 - What do these strange events portend?
这些奇怪的事件预示着什么？ - And though that may be welcome news for politicians such as Mr Ramsey, it could portend disaster for farmers.
尽管这对于拉姆齐这些政治家而言是好消息，但对农场主却预示着灾难。 - Second, one must form a judgment as to what those facts portend.
第二，必须形成一个判断，猜测这些事实预示着什么。 - If we can't look after a species we've been trying so hard to save, it may portend even worse things for the ones we've been overlooking.
如果我们不能照顾好我们一直努力拯救的物种，它可能预示着那些被我们所忽视的情况将更加严重。 - Heavy insider purchases sometimes portend a vigorous market rally.
内部人士大举买入，有时预示着市场将开始强力反弹。 - But such steps also portend a murky future in which a chronic condition, such as hypertension, could cost workers jobs or promotions ─ or prevent them from being hired in the first place.
不过这些措施对员工而言也预示着一个暗淡的前景，像高血压这样的慢性病可能会让员工失去工作或晋升机会&或者一开始就成为了妨碍他们被录用的障碍。 - Could that portend something more challenging for the government in 2012?
那是否预示着对2012年的政府将带来更多的挑战？ - Or does it portend a new Europe?
还是预示着一个新欧洲的到来？