portend
portend漢語翻譯
portend詞型變化
portend英語解釋
動詞 portend:
- indicate by signs同義詞:bode, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
portend例句
- Black clouds portend a storm.烏云是暴風(fēng)雨的前兆。
- It portends we are in danger.這預(yù)示我們陷入危險。
- His silence portends trouble.他沉默不語不是好兆頭。
portend詳細解釋
por.tend
v.tr.(及物動詞)por.tend.ed,por.tend.ing,por.tends To serve as an omen or a warning of; presage:成為…的預(yù)兆或警報;預(yù)示:例句:black clouds that portend a storm.預(yù)示著風(fēng)暴到來的烏云
To indicate by prediction; forecast:預(yù)告;預(yù)報:例句:leading economic indicators that portend a recession.預(yù)告蕭條的主要經(jīng)濟指標
來源:Middle English portenden 中古英語 portenden from Latin portendere * see ten- 源自 拉丁語 portendere *參見 ten-