portend

• vt. 预示；预兆；意味着

1. indicate by signs;

"These signs bode bad news"

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They may or may not portend a collapse of civilization.

它们或许预示着文明的崩溃.

英汉非文学 - 历史

Less emphasis on mortgage payments portend higher delinquency rates and perhaps even more foreclosures.

人们逐渐减少抵押付款预示着较高的税款拖欠率,或许甚至会造成丧失更多的抵押品赎回权.

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Not, perhaps, a great portend for a new generation of robots.

但是在现实中, 这可能预示着下一代的新机器人.

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Overcast skies portend a rough day for boats on Iceland's Lake Myvatn.

阴云密布的天空为冰岛米湖上的船只预示了狂风暴雨的一天.

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Black clouds portend a storm.

乌云为暴风雨的前兆.

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These clouds are ominous. They portend a severe storm.

这些云是不祥的预兆,预示着一场大风暴即将来临.

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A phenomenon supposed to portend good or evil; a prophetic sign.

预兆可以预测好坏的一现象; 预兆.

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Swallows flying low portend rain.

燕子低飞预示有雨.

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What may they portend for the future?

对于将来有何预示?

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What does all this portend?

所有这一切预示着 什么 ?

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What do these strange events portend?

这些奇怪的事件预示着 什么 ?

辞典例句

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。

辞典例句

por-,在前，-tend,延伸，伸展，词源同extend.引申词义预示，预兆。

1. They may or may not portend a collapse of civilization.

它们或许预示着文明的崩溃.

来自英汉非文学 - 历史

2. 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。

来自辞典例句

3. Black clouds portend a storm.

乌云为暴风雨的前兆.

来自辞典例句

4. What do these strange events portend?

这些奇怪的事件预示着 什么 ?

来自辞典例句

5. Not, perhaps, a great portend for a new generation of robots.

但是在现实中, 这可能预示着下一代的新机器人.

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portend

portend: see tend

portend (v.)

early 15c., from Latin portendere "foretell, reveal; point out, indicate," originally "to stretch forward," from por- (variant of pro-; see pro-) "forth, forward" + tendere "to stretch, extend" (see tenet). Related: Portended; portending.