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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• But for unknown reasons, in the remaining cases the twisting did not presage a flare.
  不知道什么原因，在其余的情况中，磁旋流并没有预示耀斑的到来。
• 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。
• If probability becomes reality, however, a U.S. romp could presage more dominance in the future.
  然而，如果我们的预测都成为了现实，美国的成功可能预示着其在未来将更能占据主导地位。
• Together they presage a second Internet revolution that could have far reaching effects on the way we work and live.
  以上产品和服务，预示了第二代因特网革命，它将对我们的工作和生活方式产生深远的影响。
• 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。
• When I alone wander in the field, those flowers, grass, trees and rivers can solace me just because I faintly presage that I am likely to meet another soul who loves them in the same way.
  当我独自在田野里徘徊时，那些花朵、草、木、流之所以能给我以慰藉，正是因为我隐约预感到，我可能会和另一颗同样爱它们的灵魂相遇。