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
- 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。 - To indicate or give warning of beforehand; presage.
预示事先暗示或警告；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。 - 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。 - Such incidents often presage war.
那样的（政治性）事件常成为战争的前兆。 - The lowering clouds presage a storm.
密集的云预示着暴风雨的来临。 - 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。 - On past form the slowdown seemed likely to presage a long slump.
从过去的经验来看，这种下降很可能是经济大萧条的预兆。 - 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。 - 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？