portends
英 [pɔːˈtendz]
美 [pɔːrˈtendz]
v. 预兆,预示,预告(坏事)
portend的第三人称单数
柯林斯词典
- VERB 预示;预兆;预告
If somethingportendsan event or occurrence, it indicates that it is likely to happen in the future.- The change did not portend a basic improvement in social conditions.
该变化没有预示社会状况的根本改观。
- The change did not portend a basic improvement in social conditions.
双语例句
- Fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs.
人怕出名猪怕壮。 - What all this portends in the wake of Columbia's loss is still up for grabs.
随着哥伦比亚号航天飞机的失事,这一切预示着什么仍然有待我们弄清楚。 - Portends Coulomb analytical instruments designed well.
设计了预示库仑分析仪器; - I think that portends good things for general motors.
我想,这预示着,通用汽车的未来一片光明。 - There is a growing belief that this spectacular sell-off portends more than just a periodic shift in the market cycle.
人们越来越相信,此次股市大跌预示的不只是市场周期中一个阶段性转折。 - The concluding chapter points out some limitations about the research results and hopefully portends the future study direction in this field.
论文的总结部分指出该研究结果的局限性和该领域将来的研究方向。 - A disastrous share offering in Madrid earlier this week portends continued economic trouble for Spain and, quite possibly, for the European Union.
上周初,西班牙一家银行的股票发行交易失利,预示着西班牙经济将继续面临困境,而且很有可能波及整个欧盟。 - However, a dearth of infrastructure in Brazil portends higher prices before farmers there will sow new areas.
但巴西基础设施建设不足,预示着价格的继续上涨可能会促使该国农民扩大种植面积。 - These findings raise concern since benign breast disease portends later breast cancer and drinking is a known risk factor for breast cancer among adults, they said.
这些发现增加了良性乳腺疾病预示晚期乳腺癌的焦虑,饮酒成为已知的成年人患乳腺癌的危险因子。他们说。 - However, it would be very premature to say it portends any significant change in the political system.
但是,要说这预示着古巴政治制度将出现重大变化,那还为时尚早。