portend

美音：[pɔr'tend] 英音：[pɔː(r)'tend]

简单释义：

v.预示

网络预兆；成为……的前兆；预示着

变形：

过去分词：portended 现在分词：portending 第三人称单数：portends

完整释义：

1.成为…的前兆,预示,预兆;给…以警告

例句：

This approach does not portend a shift away from the existing terrorist threat, McConnell emphasizes.
迈克迈康勒而强调说，这样并不是转移方向不顾及现在的恐怖主义的威胁。
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。
Falling margins tend to portend better economic outcomes, with the caveat that they're not falling too fast.
企业利润率下降往往预示着经济前景向好，但前提是企业利润率别下降得太快。
There is a strategic chink in corporate America's global armour, one that could portend weaker-than-expected earnings in the medium term.
美国公司的全球防护体系存在一个战略缺陷，这个缺陷可能预示着中期利润将差于预期。
The situation in Europe did not, however, portend easy sailing for one who wished merely to fight for the right.
然后，欧洲的形势，并不预示着一个仅仅愿意为正义而斗争的人会一帆风顺。
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。
Recent developments in the Israeli Knesset portend a more ominous future.
以色列议会上最新进展预示着更加凶险的未来。
Ask Ramiz: the stars over the Judean desert are so bright they could portend almost anything, however miraculous.
得问问拉米兹才知道。犹地阿沙漠上空的星星耀眼明亮，它们几乎无所不能预兆，不论如何不可思议。

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