portend
英 [p??'tend]
美[p?r't?nd]
- vt. 預示；預兆；意味著
實用場景例句
- The change did not portend a basic improvement in social conditions.
- 該變化沒有預示社會狀況的根本改觀。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- They may or may not portend a collapse of civilization.
- 它們或許預示著文明的崩潰.
英漢非文學 - 歷史
- Less emphasis on mortgage payments portend higher delinquency rates and perhaps even more foreclosures.
- 人們逐漸減少抵押付款預示著較高的稅款拖欠率,或許甚至會造成喪失更多的抵押品贖回權.
期刊摘選
- Not, perhaps, a great portend for a new generation of robots.
- 但是在現(xiàn)實中, 這可能預示著下一代的新機器人.
期刊摘選
- Overcast skies portend a rough day for boats on Iceland's Lake Myvatn.
- 陰云密布的天空為冰島米湖上的船只預示了狂風暴雨的一天.
期刊摘選
- Black clouds portend a storm.
- 烏云為暴風雨的前兆.
辭典例句
- These clouds are ominous. They portend a severe storm.
- 這些云是不祥的預兆,預示著一場大風暴即將來臨.
期刊摘選
- A phenomenon supposed to portend good or evil; a prophetic sign.
- 預兆可以預測好壞的一現(xiàn)象; 預兆.
期刊摘選
- Swallows flying low portend rain.
- 燕子低飛預示有雨.
期刊摘選
- What may they portend for the future?
- 對于將來有何預示?
期刊摘選
- What does all this portend?
- 所有這一切預示著 什么 ?
期刊摘選
- What do these strange events portend?
- 這些奇怪的事件預示著 什么 ?
辭典例句
- The change did not portend a basic improvement in social conditions.
- 該變化沒有預示社會狀況的根本改觀。
辭典例句