harbinger

英 [ˈhɑːbɪndʒə(r)]

美 [ˈhɑːrbɪndʒər]

n.  (常指坏的)预兆，兆头
vt.  预告; 充做…的前驱

复数：harbingers　现在分词：harbingering　过去式：harbingered　第三人称单数：harbingers　过去分词：harbingered　

GRETEM8

BNC.20456 / COCA.16191

牛津词典

noun

• （常指坏的）预兆，兆头
  a sign that shows that sth is going to happen soon, often sth bad

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （尤指不祥的）先兆，预兆
  Something that is aharbinger ofsomething else, especially something bad, is a sign that it is going to happen.
  1. The November air stung my cheeks, a harbinger of winter.
     11月的空气刺痛了我的脸颊，预示着冬天就要来临。

英英释义

noun

• something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
  Synonym:forerunnerpredecessorheraldprecursor

verb

• foreshadow or presage
  Synonym:announceannunciateforetellherald

双语例句

• In the absence of policy change the credit squeeze could be regarded as a harbinger of a Chinese crash to come.
  如果没有政策上的变化，这场信贷紧缩可能会成为未来中国金融危机的预兆。
• Mistrust of the government making this request could be the harbinger even the cause of national decline.
  不信任提出这种请求的政府，可能成为国家衰落的先兆（甚至是原因）。
• But if foreign earnings have helped US multinationals stave off a fall in profitability, the question is whether the current reliance on the rest of the world is just a cyclical phase or the harbinger of a transformation in corporate America.
  但如果说海外收入帮助美国的跨国企业避免了利润率的下降，那么现在的问题是，当前对世界其它地方的依赖究竟只是一个周期性阶段，还是美国企业界变革的预兆？
• Some commentators have taken all this as a harbinger of full capital-account convertibility.
  一些评论员将上述情况视为资本账户可完全兑换的先兆。然而这个可能性并不大。
• Sany is not a typical Chinese company, but it is a harbinger of things to come.
  三一重工不是一家典型的中国企业，但它代表着未来的方向。
• And you can certainly take precautions to make sure that a runny nose is not the harbinger of a more serious disease.
  而且你必定可以采取预防措施来确认流鼻涕不是更严重的病的预兆。
• Yet, each is just a harbinger of what's to come this year, as data of all sorts is assembled instantly by compelling applications.
  而这每一个示例都只是今年的趋势的一个预兆，所有类别的数据都会被应用程序即时组装在一起。
• A stronger dollar has historically proved to be the harbinger of turmoil in the developing world.
  传统上，美元走强被证明是发展中国家陷入动荡的预兆。
• Many sense Iraq is also a harbinger.
  很多人的感觉是，伊拉克还预示着未来。
• For the Maya, a smoking volcano wasn't always a harbinger of doom.
  对于玛雅人而言，一座冒烟的火山并不永远意味着厄运的凶兆。