portends是什么意思？

portends

• v. 预示( portend的第三人称单数 )，预兆，给…以警告，预告；

例句

• His silence portends trouble. 他沉默不语不是好兆头.
• It portends we are in danger. 这预示我们陷入危险.
• Fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs. 人怕出名猪怕壮.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  预示；预兆；预告
  If something portends an event or occurrence, it indicates that it is likely to happen in the future.
  例句
  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。