portentous
[pɔ:'tentəs]
adj.前兆的, 不吉的, 可怕的, 煞有介事的,自命不凡的
例句与用法:
I see a portentous thing to come.
我预感不祥的事情要来到了。
词形变化:
副词: porten-tously | 名词: portentousness |
a.
1. 预兆的, 预示的; 影响未来的
Its consequences were historically portentous.
其后果具有重大的历史影响。
2. 凶兆的, 不祥的
3. 令人畏惧的, 令人惊讶的
4. 自命不凡的, 矜持的
portentous
形容词比较级:more portentous
形容词最高级:most portentous
词形变化:
副词: porten-tously | 名词: portentousness |
词义辨析:
同义参见:
fated
significant
forbidding
black
alarming
portentous[pɔ:'tentəs; 'pəu-]adj.1.■预兆的;影响重大的2.■凶兆的;不吉的,不祥的3.■可惊的;奇特的;不寻常的;怪异的4.■自负的;自命不凡的;矜持的5.■[戏谑语](沉默等)严肃的近义词ominous
portentousportentous[pɔ:ˈtentəs]adj.1.■预兆的; 不祥的2.■可惊的, 怪异的; 奇特的; 可怕的3.■[谑](沉默等)严肃的4.■[蔑]自命不凡的; 自大的; 傲慢的a building of portentous size一座特别大的建筑物
继承用法portentouslyadv.
adjective
- of or like a portent
预示性的;征兆似的
the envelope and its portentous contents.
那个信封及其预示性的内容。
■done in a pompously or overly solemn manner so as to impress
自命不凡的;矜持的
the author's portentous moralizings.
作者自命不凡的说教。
portentously
adverb
portentousness
noun
portentous
形容词 portentous:
of momentous or ominous significance
同义词:prodigious
ominously prophetic
同义词:fateful, foreboding
puffed up with vanity- Newsweek
同义词:grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical
portentous
■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。
■"The present aspect of society is portentous of great change" (Edward Bellamy)
“现在的社会预示着重大变革的发生”(爱德华·贝拉米)
■"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。”
■"Such a portentous and mysterious monster roused all my curiosity" (Herman Melville)
“这样奇特而神秘的巨怪引起我强烈的兴趣”(赫尔曼·梅尔维尔)
■a howl of dire portent
一声带可怕凶兆的狂喊
■a building of portentous size
一座特别大的建筑物
■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;
■ominous; inauspicious; ill-omened; boding; portentous
不祥
■portent; an ill omen
不祥之兆
■portentous events, signs
不祥的事件、 徵兆.
■a portentous dream/sign
不祥的梦/征兆
■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。
■From there we were led to a wildly portentous, stone-walled dining room in which the royal coat of arms sits above a huge, candle-filled fireplace.
从那里,我们被引入了诡异的石头壁装饰的餐厅, 其中蜡烛填充的壁炉上挂着一个巨大的皇家纹章。
■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 introduced each portentous subject with buoyant enthusiasm.
他热情彭湃地介绍着每个怪异的话题。
■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。
■Its consequences were historically portentous.
其後果具有重大的历史影响。
■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
■to change the portentous into the propitious
化凶为吉
■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。
■Before me stretched the portentous, menacing road of a new decade.
在我面前展现出一条新的十年的凶多吉少、咄咄逼人的道路。
■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。
■Hoping this was an isolated incident, I spent that night awake, searching for more of her portentous advice, finding instance after instance of her wisdom come to fruition.
希望这只是一个个别的事件,那一晚我一直清醒着,在脑海中搜索母亲更多的预言性的建议,发现她的智慧的预言一件一件地变为现实。
■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。
■1. I see a portentous thing to come.
我预感不祥的事情要来到了。
■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。