harbinger

英 [ˈhɑːbɪndʒə(r)]

美 [ˈhɑːrbɪndʒər]

n.  (常指坏的)预兆，兆头
vt.  预告; 充做…的前驱

复数：harbingers　现在分词：harbingering　过去式：harbingered　第三人称单数：harbingers　过去分词：harbingered　

GRETEM8

BNC.20456 / COCA.16191

牛津词典

noun

• （常指坏的）预兆，兆头
  a sign that shows that sth is going to happen soon, often sth bad

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （尤指不祥的）先兆，预兆
  Something that is aharbinger ofsomething else, especially something bad, is a sign that it is going to happen.
  1. The November air stung my cheeks, a harbinger of winter.
     11月的空气刺痛了我的脸颊，预示着冬天就要来临。

英英释义

noun

• something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
  Synonym:forerunnerpredecessorheraldprecursor

verb

• foreshadow or presage
  Synonym:announceannunciateforetellherald

双语例句

• Yet, each is just a harbinger of what's to come this year, as data of all sorts is assembled instantly by compelling applications.
  而这每一个示例都只是今年的趋势的一个预兆，所有类别的数据都会被应用程序即时组装在一起。
• Harbinger of a new day.
  带来了崭新的一天。
• In the absence of policy change the credit squeeze could be regarded as a harbinger of a Chinese crash to come.
  如果没有政策上的变化，这场信贷紧缩可能会成为未来中国金融危机的预兆。
• Some commentators have taken all this as a harbinger of full capital-account convertibility.
  一些评论员将上述情况视为资本账户可完全兑换的先兆。然而这个可能性并不大。
• But others believe rising food prices are the harbinger of broader inflationary pressures created by the huge monetary stimulus China has embarked on during the past two years.
  但另一些人认为，食品价格上涨是全面通胀的前兆，而正是过去两年里中国实施的大规模货币刺激措施催生了通胀压力。
• The emergence of bigger and even more complex financial behemoths all too big to fail is a harbinger of crises to come.
  更大、甚至更为复杂的金融“巨兽”的出现都因太大而不会破产是危机将要来临的预兆。
• For the Maya, a smoking volcano wasn't always a harbinger of doom.
  对于玛雅人而言，一座冒烟的火山并不永远意味着厄运的凶兆。
• Whether the recent break is a harbinger of trouble will dominate debate in the short term.
  近日的突破是否预示着麻烦将至，这将成为短期内人们争论的热点。
• Still, France's left is casting the results from Sunday's vote as a harbinger of two bigger elections next year-for the presidency and lower house.
  尽管如此，星期天的投票预示着法国的左派在明年两个更大的选举成绩，这两个选举就是总统选举和国民议会选举。
• An icy harbinger of doom, channeling runic power and delivering rapid weapon strikes.
  一位恶魔的先驱者，引导符文力量和给与快速的武器攻击。