portent

US [ˈpɔrˌtent]
UK [ˈpɔː(r)tent]
  • n.预兆；征兆；凶兆；先兆
  • Web前兆；异兆；兆头
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portent
n.
1.
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

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1.
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。
tā hài pà zhè ge bù xiáng de yù zhào , xiǎng fāng shè fǎ bǎ tā cóng nǎo zi lǐ niǎn chū qù , píng xī tā , xiāo chú tā - - dàn shì tā zǒng shì fǎn huí lái 。
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2.
His departure is widely seen as a portent of a more active industrial policy by the government of the country's president, Dilma Rousseff.
他的离去被普遍认为是由该国总统迪尔玛•罗塞夫（DilmaRousseff）政府主导的一个更为积极的工业政策的前兆。
tā de lí qù bèi pǔ biàn rèn wéi shì yóu gāi guó zǒng tǒng dí ěr mǎ • luó sài fū ( DilmaRousseff ) zhèng fǔ zhǔ dǎo de yī gè gèng wéi jī jí de gōng yè zhèng cè de qián zhào 。
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3.
Gnome children are born with gem like eyes. Many believe this to be a great portent, but divinations are silent.
82侏儒的孩子生来拥有宝石般的双眼，许多侏儒认为这是一个明显的征兆，但是这个预言却毫无记载。
bā shí èr zhū rú de hái zi shēng lái yōng yǒu bǎo shí bān de shuāng yǎn , xǔ duō zhū rú rèn wéi zhè shì yī gè míng xiǎn de zhēng zhào , dàn shì zhè ge yù yán què háo wú jì zǎi 。
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4.
The Standard & Poor's downgrade of United States debt over the summer is a portent of what could lie ahead.
这个夏天标准普尔公司对美国主权信用的降级就是未来走向的一种前兆。
zhè ge xià tiān biāo zhǔn pǔ ěr gōng sī duì měi guó zhǔ quán xìn yòng de jiàng jí jiù shì wèi lái zǒu xiàng de yī zhǒng qián zhào 。
dongxi.net
5.
An apparition of a living person that appears as a portent just before that person's death.
灵魂出窍，亡魂显现活着的人在其临死前出现的作为预兆的鬼魂
líng hún chū qiào , wáng hún xiǎn xiàn huó zhe de rén zài qí lín sǐ qián chū xiàn de zuò wéi yù zhào de guǐ hún
zhidao.baidu.com
6.
For many years a dangerous change has been taking place in your stratosphere that has a deadly portent for all earthly life.
很多年来一个危险的变化出现在你们的同温层，有趋势导致所有地球生命走向灭亡。
hěn duō nián lái yī gè wēi xiǎn de biàn huà chū xiàn zài nǐ men de tóng wēn céng , yǒu qū shì dǎo zhì suǒ yǒu dì qiú shēng mìng zǒu xiàng miè wáng 。
apps.hi.baidu.com
7.
That is probably the nearest thing to a real water war being fought today, and may perhaps be a portent of others to come.
这可能是目前发生的最接近真正水资源战争的冲突，而且有可能预示着其他冲突的来临。
zhè kě néng shì mù qián fā shēng de zuì jiē jìn zhēn zhèng shuǐ zī yuán zhàn zhēng de chōng tū , ér qiě yǒu kě néng yù shì zhe qí tā chōng tū de lái lín 。
ecocn.org
8.
And there will be more of this. In a terrible, terrible way this is a portent of things to come and a warning.
还有呢，更多可怕的还在后面，这只是个警告罢了。
hái yǒu ne , gèng duō kě pà de hái zài hòu mian , zhè zhǐ shì gè jǐng gào bà le 。
article.yeeyan.org
9.
"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。”
" yīn cǐ , zhè xiē biàn huà zhǐ shì wèi lái kě néng fā shēng qíng kuàng de wēi xiǎo zhēng zhào , yóu qí shì rú guǒ wǒ men jì xù sì yì pái fàng èr yǎng huà tàn 。 "
www.ftchinese.com
10.
Historically, January often augurs how the rest of the year will go, although this is hardly a perfect portent.
从以往来看，1月份走势通常预示着一年剩余时间的市场前景，虽然它并不是完美的预兆。
cóng yǐ wǎng lái kàn , yī yuè fèn zǒu shì tōng cháng yù shì zhe yī nián shèng yú shí jiān de shì chǎng qián jǐng , suī rán tā bìng bú shì wán měi de yù zhào 。
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