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.
  1. 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。

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。