presage
英 [ˈpresɪdʒ]
美 [ˈpresɪdʒ]
v. 预兆,警示,预言(尤指不祥之事)
n. 预示,预兆,预感
过去式:presaged 第三人称单数:presages 现在分词:presaging 过去分词:presaged
BNC.19094 / COCA.20147
牛津词典
verb
- 预兆,警示,预言(尤指不祥之事)
to be a warning or sign that sth will happen, usually sth unpleasant
柯林斯词典
- VERB 预示;预兆;警示
If somethingpresagesa situation or event, it is considered to be a warning or sign of what is about to happen.- ...the dawn's loud chorus that seemed to presage a bright hot summer's day.
似乎预示着今天会是一个阳光灿烂的炎炎夏日的清晨嘹亮的鸟叫声
- ...the dawn's loud chorus that seemed to presage a bright hot summer's day.
英英释义
noun
- a sign of something about to happen
- he looked for an omen before going into battle
- a foreboding about what is about to happen
verb
- indicate by signs
- These signs bode bad news
双语例句
- And only a year and a bit since the more faint-hearted stocked their cellars with bottled water and canned food lest the financial crash presage a descent into anarchy.
而胆小一些的人开始在地窖里储备瓶装水和罐头食品,生怕金融危机会导致这个世界陷入混乱状态,也就是这一年多点儿的事情。 - Yet the plight of the news business does not presage the end of news.
但新闻产业如今面临的困境并不预示着新闻的终结。 - Going through crisscross footpaths between fields, wherever our fingerprints reach, wherever the oldest presage will show.
纵横阡陌,我们的指纹印在哪里,哪里就会显露最古老的预言。 - That, in turn, leaves me feeling it is too early to believe green shoots could presage a full blown recovery anytime soon either in the verdant pastures of West Virginia, or anywhere else linked to the US mortgage world.
这进而让我觉得,认为萌芽可能预示着全面复苏无论是在西弗吉尼亚葱绿的草地上,还是与美国抵押贷款界相关的任何其它地方很快会到来,还为时过早。 - Like his remaining supporters at home, they will want his death to presage a new chapter of reconciliation and healing rather than revenge and score settling.
就像卡扎菲在国内的残余支持者一样,这些领导人会希望,卡扎菲之死将开启和解与重建的新篇章,而不是拉开报复与清算的序幕。 - But now business is slowing again – and experts fear that may presage a hard landing for the whole country.
但是现在这个行业又一次萎靡了&专家们担忧这很可能是整个国家经济衰退的一个前兆。 - An antisivially strong Peso may presage serious problems for the country.
靠人为作用变得坚挺的比索可能预示着国家存在严重的问题。 - The talents and virtues which were displayed in that great struggle were a sure presage of all that has since followed.
在那场伟大的斗争中所展示的天资和美德无疑已经预示了其后发生的一切。 - Jason Hall, who wrote the movie screenplay, said the scene was meant to both show Kyle in recovery and presage the violence that was about to occur off-screen.
影片编剧杰森·霍尔(JasonHall)说,安排这样一个场景是为了说明凯尔在复原中,同时也预示了即将在画外发生的暴力。 - If probability becomes reality, however, a U.S. romp could presage more dominance in the future.
然而,如果我们的预测都成为了现实,美国的成功可能预示着其在未来将更能占据主导地位。