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
- 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。 - A beautiful girl suddenly came to an early death, she had folded time, you said it was presage.
一个绝美的少女突然夭折,她曾折叠时间,你说那就是预言。 - 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。 - 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。 - Jason Hall, who wrote the movie screenplay, said the scene was meant to both show Kyle in recovery and presage the violence that was about to occur off-screen.
影片编剧杰森·霍尔(JasonHall)说,安排这样一个场景是为了说明凯尔在复原中,同时也预示了即将在画外发生的暴力。 - 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。 - The announcement seemed to presage a sudden and startling end to the conflict.
这个宣言看来预示着突然而又令人吃惊地结束冲突。 - 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。 - 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。