portent

英 [ˈpɔːtent]

美 [ˈpɔːrtent]

n.  预兆; 征兆; 先兆; (尤指)恶兆，凶兆

复数：portents　

BNC.20706 / COCA.21369

牛津词典

noun

• 预兆；征兆；先兆；（尤指）恶兆，凶兆
  a sign or warning of sth that is going to happen in the future, especially when it is sth unpleasant

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 预兆；征兆
  Aportentis something that indicates what is likely to happen in the future.
  1. The savage civil war there could be a portent of what's to come in the rest of the region...
     那里发生的野蛮内战可能预示这一地区其他地方将会发生什么。
  2. I hope this is a portent for the rest of the year...
     我希望这对今年余下的时间是个兆头。
  3. As for her engagement with Adam, I would say the portents are gloomy.
     至于她和亚当的婚约，我看兆头不妙。

英英释义

noun

• a sign of something about to happen
  1. he looked for an omen before going into battle
  Synonym:omenpresageprognosticprognosticationprodigy

双语例句

• I see it as a portent of things to come.
  我把它看作是将要到来的事物的前兆。
• The analysis of fracture failure for loom barrel arbor was explored with macroanalysis, microanalysis and metallographic inspection method. The result indicates that barrel ardor fracture is belong to fragile shear fracture without any obvious fracture portent, fracture may be caused by moment impact overloading.
  通过宏观和微观的断口形貌观察和金相分析，对织机卷筒轴断裂失效原因进行了分析，认为卷筒轴断裂属于无明显断裂前兆的脆性剪切断裂，断裂有可能由瞬时冲击过载引起。
• Based on the analyses for portent information of power sytem failures, This paper proposes a hierarchical causal diagnostic model.
  本文分析了电网故障时所表现出的故障征兆信息的特点，在此基础上提出一种分层因果智能诊断模型，这种方法有更好的适应性。
• The savage civil war there could be a portent of what's to come in the rest of the region
  那里发生的野蛮内战可能预示这一地区其他地方将会发生什么。
• Should we treat low volatility as an eerie portent of disaster in the making, or as a sign that the world economy is finally on the right track?
  我们应将低波动性看成是一种预示灾难正在形成的可怕征兆，还是一种暗示世界经济终于走上正轨的信号？
• But did your reverence hear of the portent that was seen last night?
  不过，阁下您听说昨天夜里人们看见的征兆了吗？
• There came a Saturday morning ugly with the portent of storm.
  有一个星期六早上，天昏地暗，暴风雨将临。
• Microseismic monitoring technique is a new geophysical technology, which originates from 1990s. Through monitoring microseism incident of the mine, we can find portent of geological hazard in time, and take measures to avoid casualty.
  微震监测技术是一种新的物探技术，起源于20世纪90年代。通过监测矿井微震事件的发生可以及时发现地质灾害事故的前兆，并及时采取有效措施，避免灾害事故发生。
• This turns out to be a portent of one of the biggest changes since the 1960s.
  结果发现这是1960年代以来最大变化的一个预示。
• I hope this is a portent for the rest of the year
  我希望这对今年余下的时间是个兆头。