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　

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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.
  1. ...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

英英释义

noun

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

verb

• indicate by signs
  1. These signs bode bad news
  Synonym:bodeportendauspicateprognosticateomenbetokenforeshadowaugurforetellprefigureforecastpredict

双语例句

• The lowering clouds presage a storm.
  密集的云预示着暴风雨的来临。
• 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。
• Investors have reacted with alarm to signs that Chinese developers are struggling to fund their operations – fearing it could presage a collapse of the sector.
  有迹象显示，中国房地产开发商在获得经营所需的资金方面正遭遇困难，对此投资者在震惊之下作出反应，担心这种情况可能预示着该行业的崩盘。
• Never insert chopsticks upright onto the vessels for food, as this will be viewed as an evil presage and will sustain the disapproval of the seniors.
  决不要将筷子垂直地插在乘放食物的器皿上，因为这会被认为是一种邪恶的预兆，而且将会引起老人的不满。
• By certain signs we may presage of heats and rains.
  靠某种迹象，我们可以预测酷热和下雨。
• 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。
• Does the president's speech presage a newly energetic sally by the administration into this thankless, daunting battlefield?
  奥巴马的讲话是否预示着美国政府将在这片冷酷、棘手的战场上重新发起冲锋？
• German finds that, in the road, the chimney sweepers, they presage a day good luck.
  德国人认定，在路上碰到了烟囱清扫工，便预示着一天要交好运。
• 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。
• The incident is believed to presage war.
  这件事件据信是战争的前兆。