portent
['pɔ:tent]
n.前兆, 预示, 异常之物
例句与用法:
Signs full of portent.
充满凶兆的现象
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
A sign of a future happening; a portent.
前兆表明将来要发生的事情的现象; 预兆
词形变化:
动词过去式: portended | 动词过去分词: portended | 动词现在分词: portending | 动词第三人称单数: portends |
n.
1. 前兆; 凶兆
2. 迹象; 预视
3. 异常的人(或事物)
portent
词形变化:
动词过去式: portended | 动词过去分词: portended | 动词现在分词: portending | 动词第三人称单数: portends |
词义辨析:
同义:
n.前兆; 预示
forewarning
omen
sign
premonition
同义参见:
consequence
threat
portent['pɔ:tent; 'pəu-]n.1.■预兆,征兆(尤指不祥之兆);警告2.■恶兆,凶兆3.■奇迹;令人惊异之事;怪事;奇物;奇才;奇观
portentportent[ˈpɔ:tənt]n.1.■预兆, 凶兆; 警告2.■怪事, 怪物; 奇迹; 预兆不详的事portents of earthquake地震的前兆
[ˈpɔːtɛnt, -t(ə)nt]
noun
- a sign or warning that something, especially something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen
(重大或灾难事件可能发生的)迹象,征兆
many birds are regarded as being portents of death.
许多鸟被认为是死亡的征兆。
■[mass noun]future significance
未来意义
an omen of grave portent for the tribe.
对该部落有重大未来意义的征兆。 - (archaic)an exceptional or wonderful person or thing
(古)奇才;奇事,奇观
what portent can be greater than a pious notary?.
有什么奇才能够比一个虔诚的公证人更伟大的呢?。
- late 16th cent.: from Latin portentum 'omen, token', from the verb portendere (see portend)
portent
名词 portent:
a sign of something about to happen
同义词:omen, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy
portent
■I have become like a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge.
7许多人以我为怪。但你是我坚固的避难所。
■82 Gnome children are born with gemlike 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。
■"Miami gives off the same vibrations, the same portent of disaster, but with a difference" (James Atlas)
“迈阿密提供了一样的环境,一样的不祥之兆,但是有一个区别”(詹姆斯·阿特拉斯)
■“So these changes are only a minor portent of what is likely to come, especially if we continue on our carbon-profligate pathway.
“这些变化仅仅是一个前兆,如果我们仍肆意排放二氧化碳,必将大难临头。”
■a howl of dire portent
一声带可怕凶兆的狂喊
■3 Then the LORD said: Just as my servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and portent against Egypt and Ethiopia,
上主说:“就如我的仆人依撒意亚,三年之久,裸体赤足而行,为埃及和雇士是一个预言和先兆;
■portent; an ill omen
不祥之兆
■Usually death occurs without a portent.
事件发生突然,往往无明显先兆。
■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。
■Since there are peasants like the Chinese, more or less similar in every country in the Orient, from Japan to Indonesia, led by intellectuals with a Marxist ideology, these men have become a portent.
从日本到印尼的东方各国都有同中国差不多一样的农民,这些人由具有马克思主义思想的知识分子来领导,是一种不祥之兆。
■Their attempts were a portent of what was to follow though as Chelsea took the lead in the 16th minute through Lampard.
他们的努力直到16分钟才收获进球,兰帕德打破僵局。
■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。
■He must have seen Kaida's successful opposition as a portent of the collapse of his dream of a universal empire
他肯定发现,海都成功的反抗预示着他妄想称霸世界的美梦破灭。
■I see it as a portent of things to come .
他预言要有怪事发生.
■But for all the hype, there is little evidence the ancient Maya ever intended for the end of their calendar to be read as a portent for disaster.
但所有的宣传,几乎没有证据的古玛雅以往任何时候都在他们的日历年底拟作为灾害预兆读。
■But the emerging-market run-up is starting to produce unease, and dips like the Shanghai Composite's 2.3% decline Thursday may be a portent.
但新兴市场的大幅上涨开始造成不安,上证指数周四下挫2.3%这类情形或许就是个征兆。
■to be or give a sign or portent of
做或给出记号或预兆
■Signs full of portent.
充满凶兆的现象
■a sign; an omen; a portent; a presage
兆头
■an omen; a portent; a sign; an indication; a forerunner; a precursor
先兆
■An evil omen; a portent.
先兆不详之兆;凶兆
■Global warming is real, and the melting ice is an apt portent of potentially disastrous consequences.
全球变暖是真实的,并且融化的冰是一个潜在灾难性的结果的聪慧的预兆。
■Portent and characteristic of a conflict
冲突的前兆和特点
■Among most of them,technical trade barrier is th e most in portent one restrain the export enterprises in our country.
出口企业国际竞争力受多种因素的影响,在众多的影响因素当中,技术贸易壁垒是影响我国出口企业国际竞争力的最重要的外部因素。
■A sign of a future happening; a portent.
前兆表明将来要发生的事情的现象; 预兆
■A sign of a future happening; a portent
前兆表明将来要发生的事情的现象;预兆
■Detection of change points is a kind of im portent problems in statistic area.Commonly, to some extent, change point indicateabrupt-change of object, and has singularity.
变点识别是统计研究的一类重要问题,在通常情况下,变点预示着所研究的对象的某种突变性。
■So, could Hero be a portent of things to come or just another Jet Li film?
因此,可以将英雄的一个先兆东西来,或只是另李连杰电影吗?
■Communities in the 1930s that spent more on public works programs had lower crime rates than other communities, an auspicious portent for the current federal government's stimulus package.
在1930年代使用较多经费进行公共工程计画的社区,犯罪率比其他社区低,这是目前联邦政府经济刺激方案的幸运符。
■Behind the black portent of the new atomic age lies a hope which, seized upon with faith, can work our salvation.
在新的原子时代,黑暗的不祥之兆背后存在着希望:如果人们抱着信念抓住这希望,那麽它就能拯救我们;
■It seem be a rare thing to portent life and wasn't a thug to attack the human being.
它似乎是兆示生命的尤物,而不是侵袭人类的暴族。
■5.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。
■a sign; an omen; a portent; an augury; a symptom
征兆
■I visited the zoo where I rode on an elephant and recoiled from the reptiles: an early portent of my relations with Fleet street.
我参观了动物园,我骑着大象,遇到爬虫胆怯地后退:这是我和舰队街的一点关系的早期预兆。
■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.
■I see it as a portent of thing to come.
我把它看作是将要到来的事物的前兆。
■Chartists watch to see if the price of a financial instrument breaks through its trading high or low since this can be a portent for its future trend.
技术分析师很重视价格是否突破先前建立的交易区间,因为突破区间或许预示了未来的走势。
■We got a portent of that just a week after our arrival.
抵达伊斯兰堡刚一周时间,就已经出现了不祥之兆。
■malfunction portent
故障征兆
■A portent of tomorrow's world
明日世界的预兆
■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。
■According to the tradition experience,a sharp rise of inflation was the portent of economic depression.
根据传统经验,急速上升的通货膨胀是经济衰退的前奏。
■A Brief Talk on Portent and Diagnosis of Common Vibration Trouble for Fan
浅析风机常见振动故障的特征及诊断标准
■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
■Then will I show sign after sign and portent after portent in the land of Egypt
然后我将不断地在埃及显现神迹。
■The priests think its destruction is a portent that the gods will soon return.
牧师们认为它的毁灭预示着神很快将会归来。
■It could therefore be argued that the Shanghai Composite's recent swoon is not even a portent for other emerging market equities, let alone those of more developed economies.
由此可以认为,上证综指近期的颓势,甚至对于其它新兴市场股市来说都算不上什么征兆,更遑论那些发达经济体的股市。
■Viral "Blips": Benign or Portent of Bad Things to Come?
病毒"信号":坏事情到来的征兆?
■22. Viral "Blips": Benign or Portent of Bad Things to Come?
病毒"信号":坏事情到来的征兆?
■6.So, could Hero be a portent of things to come or just another Jet Li film?
真的会忙到飞起,不过我还是希望能挤出一个礼拜左右,和我的家人一起去哪里度个假。