portend
英 [pɔːˈtend]
美 [pɔːrˈtend]
v. 预兆，预示，预告(坏事)
过去式：portended 第三人称单数：portends 现在分词：portending 过去分词：portended
BNC.34983 / COCA.18414
牛津词典
verb
- 预兆，预示，预告（坏事）
to be a sign or warning of sth that is going to happen in the future, especially sth bad or unpleasant
柯林斯词典
- VERB 预示；预兆；预告
If somethingportendsan event or occurrence, it indicates that it is likely to happen in the future.- 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。
- The change did not portend a basic improvement in social conditions.
英英释义
verb
- indicate by signs
- These signs bode bad news
双语例句
- So lack of employment now may portend an even bleaker future.
因此，缺少就业岗位如今可能预示了一个更为暗淡的未来。 - Black clouds portend a storm.
暗云低沉是暴风雨的前兆。 - That would portend increased flows of glacial ice from Antarctica and a rise in global sea levels, endangering low-lying land areas.
这预示着南极洲的冰河流量将增加，全球海平面将上升，对低地地区将造成危害。 - If we can't look after a species we've been trying so hard to save, it may portend even worse things for the ones we've been overlooking.
如果我们不能照顾好我们一直努力拯救的物种，它可能预示着那些被我们所忽视的情况将更加严重。 - And though that may be welcome news for politicians such as Mr Ramsey, it could portend disaster for farmers.
尽管这对于拉姆齐这些政治家而言是好消息，但对农场主却预示着灾难。 - Could that portend something more challenging for the government in 2012?
那是否预示着对2012年的政府将带来更多的挑战？ - Vivid, violent dreams can portend brain disorders by half a century, a new study finds.
一项新的研究发现，栩栩如生的恶梦能预知到半个世纪后的脑部紊乱。 - Heavy insider purchases sometimes portend a vigorous market rally.
内部人士大举买入，有时预示着市场将开始强力反弹。 - Second, one must form a judgment as to what those facts portend.
第二，必须形成一个判断，猜测这些事实预示着什么。 - It does at least portend a reduction in hydrogenated soybean oil in vegetable oil blends, which could include some soybean oil than has not been hydrogenated.
但这至少预示着混合植物油中氢化豆油的用量将减少，混合植物油中可能也会包含一些没有氢化的豆油。