portent是什么意思？

portent

英[ˈpɔ:tent] 美[ˈpɔrtent]

• n. 预兆，征兆，怪事，奇物；

复数：portents;

例句

• signs full of portent. 充满凶兆的现象
• I hope this is a portent for the rest of the year... 我希望这对今年余下的时间是个兆头。
• The savage civil war there could be a portent of what's to come in the rest of the region... 那里发生的野蛮内战可能预示这一地区其他地方将会发生什么。
• Betoken : To be or give a sign or portent of. 预示: 做或给出记号或预兆.
• One encouraging portent is that more people are using the railway network. 使用铁路运输线的人数在上升,这是个好兆头.
• The savage civil war there could be a portent of what's to come in the rest of the region. 那里发生的野蛮内战可能预示这一地区其他地方将会发生什么。

同义词

• n.
  portent的同义词之：前兆;预示
  omen, sign, forewarning, premonition,
• portent的同义词之：其他释义
  threat, premonition, consequence, forewarning, sign, omen,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  预兆；征兆
  A portent is something that indicates what is likely to happen in the future.
  例句
  The savage civil war there could be a portent of what's to come in the rest of the region... 那里发生的野蛮内战可能预示这一地区其他地方将会发生什么。 I hope this is a portent for the rest of the year... 我希望这对今年余下的时间是个兆头。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  预兆,征兆
  portents of earthquake 地震的前兆 signs full of portent. 充满凶兆的现象

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a sign of something about to happen;
  "he looked for an omen before going into battle"